Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wallace v. Fletcher 30 N.H. 434 1855 1 New Hampshire
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
State v. Moore 6 Ind. 436 1855 1 Indiana
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Adams v. Gilliam 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 161 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Woodward 21 Mo. 265 1855 1 Missouri
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
Hewitt's Adm'r v. Adams 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 34 1855 1 Virginia
Cutter v. Waddingham 22 Mo. 206 1855 1 Missouri
Harris v. Tyson 24 Pa. 347 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Stober v. McCarter 4 Ohio St. 514 1855 1 Ohio
Thames Steamboat Co. v. Housatonic Railroad 24 Conn. 40 1855 1 Connecticut