Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Whaley v. Blackwell 20 Mo. 97 1854 1 Missouri
Murphrey v. Wood 47 N.C. 63 1854 1 North Carolina
Couthway v. Berghaus 25 Ala. 393 1854 1 Alabama
Daves v. Haywood 54 N.C. 253 1854 1 North Carolina
Morris v. Morris 27 Miss. 847 1854 1 Mississippi
Sessions v. Pintard 21 F. Cas. 1089 1854 1 United States
Johnson v. Jackson 27 Miss. 498 1854 1 Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Hilliard 68 Mass. 294 1854 1 Massachusetts
Caldwell v. Blackwood 54 N.C. 274 1854 1 North Carolina
New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Harris 27 Miss. 517 1854 1 Mississippi
Bank of St. Marys v. St. John, Powers & Co. 25 Ala. 566 1854 1 Alabama
Rix v. Nevins 26 Vt. 384 1854 1 Vermont
Stein v. Burden 24 Ala. 130 1854 1 Alabama
Powell v. State 25 Ala. 21 1854 1 Alabama
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Fisher v. Conant 3 E.D. Smith 199 1854 1 New York
Kirkland v. Oates 25 Ala. 465 1854 1 Alabama
Griggsby v. Hair 25 Ala. 327 1854 1 Alabama
Pollock v. Gilbert 16 Ga. 398 1854 1 Georgia
Hill, McLean & Co. v. Rucker 14 Ark. 706 1854 1 Arkansas