All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
State v. Igo 21 Mo. 459 1855 1 Missouri
Vaccari v. Maxwell 28 F. Cas. 862 1855 1 United States
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Flanders v. Jones 30 N.H. 154 1855 1 New Hampshire
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Criminal Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Arcienega v. Riddle 15 Tex. 330 1855 0 Texas
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Smith 2 Sneed 473 1855 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Carver v. Hallett 26 Ala. 722 1855 1 Alabama
Calvit v. Cloud 14 Tex. 53 1855 0 Texas
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Alabama
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Cameron v. Cameron 29 Miss. 112 1855 0 Mississippi
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas