Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Clements v. Maloney 17 Ga. 289 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Dozier v. Ellis 28 Miss. 730 1855 1 Mississippi
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas
Abbott v. Essex Co. 59 U.S. 202 1855 1 United States
People v. Robinson 2 Park. Crim. Rep. 235 1855 1 New York
Wallace v. Fletcher 30 N.H. 434 1855 1 New Hampshire
James v. Gibbs 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 277 1855 1 Virginia
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Osborne v. Taylor's Adm'r 53 Va. 117 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Pryor v. Kuhn 53 Va. 615 1855 1 Virginia
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Alabama
Cutter v. Waddingham 22 Mo. 206 1855 1 Missouri