Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sims v. McEwen's Adm'r 27 Ala. 184 1855 1 Alabama
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
State v. Moore 6 Ind. 436 1855 1 Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
Newbegin v. Langley 39 Me. 200 1855 1 Maine
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
Pusey v. Potomac Bridge Co. 8 Md. 470 1855 1 Maryland
Stephens 70 Mass. 559 1855 1 Massachusetts
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Hitch v. Davis 8 Md. 524 1855 1 Maryland
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Stober v. McCarter 4 Ohio St. 514 1855 1 Ohio
Cutter v. Waddingham 22 Mo. 206 1855 1 Missouri
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Brown v. Somerville 8 Md. 444 1855 1 Maryland
Atkins v. State 16 Ark. 568 1855 1 Arkansas
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri