Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cobb v. O'Neal 34 Tenn. 438 1854 0 Tennessee
Warner v. Hardy 6 Md. 525 1854 1 Maryland
Franklin v. Armfield 34 Tenn. 305 1854 1 Tennessee
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Alabama
Dunn v. State 15 Ga. 419 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Steele v. Mealing 24 Ala. 285 1854 0 Alabama
Johnston v. Zane's Trustees 52 Va. 552 1854 1 Virginia
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee
Stone v. Wood 16 Ill. 177 1854 1 Illinois
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 North Carolina
Merrick v. J. Boury & Sons 4 Ohio St. 60 1854 1 Ohio
Evans v. Spurgin 52 Va. 615 1854 1 Virginia
Dunbar v. Chevalier 28 Miss. 161 1854 1 Mississippi
Cook’s Lessee v. Carroll 6 Md. 104 1854 1 Maryland
Walker v. Palmer 24 Ala. 358 1854 1 Alabama
Swinney v. Dorman 25 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Jordan v. Stewart 23 Pa. 244 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Whitlock's Adm'r v. Whitlock's Creditors 25 Ala. 543 1854 1 Alabama
McGehee v. Gewin 25 Ala. 176 1854 1 Alabama