Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Alabama
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sherrard v. Carlisle 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 12 1855 1 Virginia
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pace v. Bonner 27 Ala. 307 1855 0 Alabama
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
Wright v. Morris 15 Ark. 444 1855 0 Arkansas
Long v. Wright 47 N.C. 140 1855 0 North Carolina
Abbott v. Essex Co. 59 U.S. 202 1855 1 United States
Hemphill v. Miller 16 Ark. 271 1855 0 Arkansas
Nixon v. Lindsay 55 N.C. 230 1855 0 North Carolina
Doswell v. Anderson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 185 1855 1 Virginia
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Delap v. Delap 55 N.C. 290 1855 0 North Carolina