Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Feigley v. Feigley 7 Md. 537 1855 1 Maryland
Dawson v. Cotton 26 Ala. 591 1855 1 Alabama
Thompson v. Thomas 30 Miss. 152 1855 1 Mississippi
Wilson v. Miller 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 353 1855 1 Virginia
Matthews v. Douthitt 27 Ala. 273 1855 1 Alabama
State v. Gates 20 Mo. 400 1855 1 Missouri
Collier's Adm'r v. Windham 27 Ala. 291 1855 1 Alabama
Purviance v. Glenn 8 Md. 202 1855 1 Maryland
Delaney v. Goddin 53 Va. 266 1855 1 Virginia
Latterett v. Cook 1 Iowa 1 1855 1 Iowa
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Clarke v. School District No. 7 3 R.I. 199 1855 1 Rhode Island
McClellan v. Kennedy 8 Md. 230 1855 1 Maryland
Cook v. Adams 27 Ala. 294 1855 1 Alabama
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
Stokeley v. Gordon 8 Md. 496 1855 1 Maryland
Cocke v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 750 1855 1 Virginia