Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
Merrick v. J. Boury & Sons 4 Ohio St. 60 1854 1 Ohio
New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Harris 27 Miss. 517 1854 1 Mississippi
Warner v. Hardy 6 Md. 525 1854 1 Maryland
Bailey v. State 4 Ohio St. 441 1854 1 Ohio
Kent v. Barker 68 Mass. 535 1854 1 Massachusetts
Dechard v. Edwards 34 Tenn. 93 1854 1 Tennessee
McCandlish v. Newman 22 Pa. 460 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Hatton v. McClish 6 Md. 407 1854 1 Maryland
Swinney v. Dorman 25 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Bowie v. Stonestreet 6 Md. 418 1854 1 Maryland
Merrick & Fenno v. Hutt 15 Ark. 331 1854 1 Arkansas
Mills v. Matthews 7 Md. 315 1854 1 Maryland
Johnston v. Slater 52 Va. 321 1854 1 Virginia
Hess v. Newcomer 7 Md. 325 1854 1 Maryland
Bradford v. Harper 25 Ala. 337 1854 1 Alabama
Haldeman v. Jennings & Co. 14 Ark. 329 1854 1 Arkansas
Collier v. Frierson 24 Ala. 100 1854 1 Alabama
Evans v. Spurgin 52 Va. 615 1854 1 Virginia
Franklin v. Armfield 34 Tenn. 305 1854 1 Tennessee