Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Wimer 20 Mo. 503 1855 1 Missouri
Commonwealth v. Bugbee 70 Mass. 206 1855 1 Massachusetts
Nix v. State 13 Tex. 575 1855 1 Indictment for assault upon slave Texas
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Green v. Crain 53 Va. 252 1855 1 Virginia
Addington v. Etheridge 53 Va. 436 1855 1 Virginia
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Hurst v. Hill 8 Md. 399 1855 1 Maryland
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Duke's Adm'r v. Duke's Distributees 26 Ala. 673 1855 1 Alabama
People v. Milgate 5 Cal. 127 1855 1 California
State v. Gates 20 Mo. 400 1855 1 Missouri
Basford v. Parran 8 Md. 360 1855 1 Maryland
Latterett v. Cook 1 Iowa 1 1855 1 Iowa
Frazier v. Griffie 8 Md. 50 1855 1 Maryland