Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 North Carolina
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Alabama
Freeman v. Scurlock 27 Ala. 407 1855 0 Alabama
Payne v. Raudon 10 La. Ann. 349 1855 0 Louisiana
Kennedy v. Mason 10 La. Ann. 519 1855 0 Louisiana
Buie v. Doyal 10 La. Ann. 575 1855 0 Louisiana
Beauchamp v. Whittington 10 La. Ann. 646 1855 0 Louisiana
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 Maryland
United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Williamson 28 F. Cas. 682 1855 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Louisiana
White v. Michael Brown & Son 47 N.C. 403 1855 0 North Carolina
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Alabama
Roussel v. Phipps 10 La. Ann. 119 1855 0 Louisiana
Hardesty v. Wormley 10 La. Ann. 239 1855 0 Louisiana
Pond v. Obaugh 16 Ark. 94 1855 0 Arkansas
Ferguson v. Mason 34 Tenn. 618 1855 0 Tennessee
Wood v. Humphreys 53 Va. 333 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lobdell 10 La. Ann. 130 1855 0 Louisiana