Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bell v. Cummings 35 Tenn. 275 1855 0 Tennessee
Corner v. Pendleton 8 Md. 337 1855 1 Maryland
Thames Steamboat Co. v. Housatonic Railroad 24 Conn. 40 1855 1 Connecticut
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas
Cutter v. Waddingham 22 Mo. 206 1855 1 Missouri
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Rozier v. Holliday 8 Md. 381 1855 0 Maryland
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
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
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Trammell v. Trammell 15 Tex. 291 1855 0 Texas
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Duffell v. Noble 14 Tex. 640 1855 0 Texas
Wilson v. Miller 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 353 1855 1 Virginia