Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia
Voorhies v. Anthon 12 N.Y. Super. Ct. 178 1855 1 New York
Hurst v. Means 34 Tenn. 546 1855 1 Tennessee
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Walker v. Wootten 18 Ga. 119 1855 1 Georgia
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Smith v. Godfrey 28 N.H. 379 1854 1 New Hampshire
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
Malaun's Adm'r v. Ammon 1 Grant 123 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Cummins v. Garretson 15 Ark. 132 1854 1 Arkansas
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York
Ohio ex rel. Story v. Jennings 4 Ohio St. 419 1854 1 Ohio
Cook’s Lessee v. Carroll 6 Md. 104 1854 1 Maryland
Ex parte Reid 34 Tenn. 375 1854 1 Tennessee
Harrison v. State 24 Ala. 67 1854 1 Alabama
Pattison v. His Creditors 9 La. Ann. 228 1854 1 Louisiana