Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Wright v. Morris 15 Ark. 444 1855 0 Arkansas
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Broadbent v. State 7 Md. 416 1855 0 Maryland
Hemphill v. Miller 16 Ark. 271 1855 0 Arkansas
Taylor v. Carryl 24 Pa. 259 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Corner v. Pendleton 8 Md. 337 1855 1 Maryland
Thames Steamboat Co. v. Housatonic Railroad 24 Conn. 40 1855 1 Connecticut
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Adams v. Gilliam 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 161 1855 1 Virginia
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia