Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Civil SC of PA.
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Graham v. Bardin 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 206 1855 1 Virginia
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Alabama
Buckner v. Calcote 28 Miss. 432 1855 1 Mississippi
Glanton v. Anthony 15 Ark. 543 1855 0 Arkansas
Holmes v. Bacon 28 Miss. 607 1855 0 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Seitz 25 Pa. 226 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Fenner v. Kirkman 26 Ala. 650 1855 0 Alabama
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wood v. Ford 29 Miss. 57 1855 0 Mississippi
Longworth v. Sturges 4 Ohio St. 690 1855 1 Ohio
Weatherly v. Miller 47 N.C. 166 1855 0 North Carolina
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Bellamy v. Sheriff of Jackson County 6 Fla. 62 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 North Carolina
Crayton v. Johnson 27 Ala. 503 1855 1 Alabama
Barry v. Ryan 70 Mass. 523 1855 1 Massachusetts
Cowan v. Jones 27 Ala. 317 1855 1 Alabama
Claussen v. La Franz 1 Iowa 226 1855 1 Iowa