Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Gautreaux v. Boote 10 La. Ann. 137 1855 1 Louisiana
Thompson v. Thomas 30 Miss. 152 1855 1 Mississippi
Burch v. Burch 19 Ga. 174 1855 1 Georgia
Roseberry v. Roseberry 17 Ga. 139 1855 1 Georgia
Ex parte Gist 26 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia
Talbot v. Calvert 24 Pa. 327 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Walker v. Wootten 18 Ga. 119 1855 1 Georgia
Owners of Steamboat Farmer v. McCraw 26 Ala. 189 1855 1 Alabama
Kimball v. Moody 27 Ala. 130 1855 1 Alabama
Mosely v. Lane 27 Ala. 62 1855 1 Alabama
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California