Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri
Voorhies v. Anthon 12 N.Y. Super. Ct. 178 1855 1 New York
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Mosely v. Lane 27 Ala. 62 1855 1 Alabama
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Ex parte Gist 26 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
McCauley v. State 26 Ala. 135 1855 1 Alabama
Tims v. State 26 Ala. 165 1855 1 Alabama
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Lafferty v. Turley 35 Tenn. 157 1855 1 Tennessee
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Owners of Steamboat Farmer v. McCraw 26 Ala. 189 1855 1 Alabama
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 North Carolina
Mechanics' Bank v. New York & New Haven Rail Road 11 N.Y. Super. Ct. 480 1855 1 New York