Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Champion v. Miller 55 N.C. 194 1855 1 North Carolina
Holmes v. Old Colony Railroad 71 Mass. 58 1855 1 Massachusetts
Whitaker v. Bramson 29 F. Cas. 947 1855 1 United States
Thomason v. Rice 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 123 1855 1 Tennessee
Patterson v. Edwards 29 Miss. 67 1855 1 Mississippi
Brothers v. Cartwright 55 N.C. 113 1855 1 North Carolina
McGar v. Williams 26 Ala. 469 1855 1 Alabama
Turner v. Turner 30 Miss. 428 1855 1 Mississippi
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Clarke v. Porter 25 Pa. 141 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Thornton v. West Feliciana Railroad 29 Miss. 143 1855 1 Mississippi
Taliaferro v. Pryor 53 Va. 277 1855 1 Virginia
Brewer v. Tysor 48 N.C. 180 1855 1 North Carolina
Brooks v. Miller 1 Grant 202 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Davis v. Lanier 47 N.C. 307 1855 1 North Carolina
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Keeton's Heirs v. Keeton's Administrator 20 Mo. 530 1855 1 Missouri
American Exchange Bank v. Inloes 7 Md. 380 1855 1 Maryland
McWillie v. Kirkpatrick 28 Miss. 802 1855 1 Mississippi