Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Mississippi
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee
Dew v. Barnes 54 N.C. 149 1854 0 North Carolina
Cheeves v. Bell 54 N.C. 234 1854 0 North Carolina
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Lawson's Adm'r v. Lay's Executor 24 Ala. 184 1854 0 Alabama
Poage v. State 3 Ohio St. 229 1854 1 Ohio
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Texas
Currie v. Stewart 27 Miss. 52 1854 1 Mississippi
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Alabama
Lodano v. State 25 Ala. 64 1854 0 Alabama
Mitchell v. Mitchell's Lessee 6 Md. 224 1854 0 Maryland
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 North Carolina
Franklin v. Armfield 34 Tenn. 305 1854 1 Tennessee
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Cochran v. Paris 52 Va. 348 1854 1 Virginia
McClanahan v. Barrow 27 Miss. 664 1854 1 Mississippi
Wellersburg & West Newton Plank Road Co. v. Bruce 6 Md. 457 1854 1 Maryland
Beninger v. Corwin 24 N.J.L. 257 1854 1 New Jersey
Jarrett v. Johnson 52 Va. 327 1854 1 Virginia