Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Moore v. Brooks 53 Va. 135 1855 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Ex parte Gist 26 Ala. 156 1855 1 Alabama
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Underhill v. Saratoga & Washington Rail Road 20 Barb. 455 1855 1 New York
Chenery v. Palmer 5 Cal. 131 1855 1 California
Madre v. Saunders 48 N.C. 1 1855 0 North Carolina
Hathaway v. Leary 55 N.C. 264 1855 0 North Carolina
Humphreys v. Holtsinger 35 Tenn. 228 1855 1 Tennessee
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35 1855 1 Georgia
Rowland v. Rowland 34 Tenn. 543 1855 1 Tennessee
Walker v. Wootten 18 Ga. 119 1855 1 Georgia
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
Thomason v. Rice 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 123 1855 1 Tennessee
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Voorhies v. Anthon 12 N.Y. Super. Ct. 178 1855 1 New York
Roseberry v. Roseberry 17 Ga. 139 1855 1 Georgia