Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gwin v. Williams 27 Miss. 324 1854 1 Mississippi
Brewer v. Branch Bank 24 Ala. 439 1854 1 Alabama
Pridgen v. Hill 12 Tex. 374 1854 1 Texas
Stevens v. Mangum 27 Miss. 481 1854 1 Mississippi
Bailey v. Pearson 29 N.H. 77 1854 1 New Hampshire
Brown v. Beason 24 Ala. 466 1854 1 Alabama
Hill, McLean & Co. v. Rucker 14 Ark. 706 1854 1 Arkansas
Earp v. Earp 54 N.C. 239 1854 1 North Carolina
Elam v. State 25 Ala. 53 1854 1 Alabama
McCandlish v. Newman 22 Pa. 460 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Forster v. Cumberland Valley Railroad 23 Pa. 371 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Trenton Mutual Life & Fire Insurance v. Johnson 24 N.J.L. 576 1854 1 New Jersey
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
Ex parte Reid 34 Tenn. 375 1854 1 Tennessee
French v. Bankhead 52 Va. 136 1854 1 Virginia
Malaun's Adm'r v. Ammon 1 Grant 123 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Kincheloe v. Tracewells 52 Va. 587 1854 1 Virginia
Koiner v. Rankin's Heirs 52 Va. 420 1854 1 Virginia
Dechard v. Edwards 34 Tenn. 93 1854 1 Tennessee
Williams v. State 34 Tenn. 160 1854 1 Tennessee