Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Freeman v. Rawson 5 Ohio St. 1 1855 1 Ohio
Mays v. Williams 27 Ala. 267 1855 1 Alabama
Hamilton v. Seitz 25 Pa. 226 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Wright v. Ferrin 10 La. Ann. 91 1855 1 Louisiana
Gibbons v. Gentry 20 Mo. 468 1855 1 Missouri
Kimball v. Moody 27 Ala. 130 1855 1 Alabama
Owners of Steamboat Farmer v. McCraw 26 Ala. 189 1855 1 Alabama
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
Wheat v. Moss 16 Ark. 243 1855 1 Arkansas
Buckner v. Calcote 28 Miss. 432 1855 1 Mississippi
Thompson v. Thomas 30 Miss. 152 1855 1 Mississippi
Roseberry v. Roseberry 17 Ga. 139 1855 1 Georgia
Gautreaux v. Boote 10 La. Ann. 137 1855 1 Louisiana
Burch v. Burch 19 Ga. 174 1855 1 Georgia
Pegg v. Warford 7 Md. 582 1855 1 Maryland
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Beane v. Yerby 53 Va. 239 1855 1 Virginia
Maskall v. Maskall 35 Tenn. 208 1855 1 Tennessee
Pensenneau v. Pensenneau 22 Mo. 27 1855 1 Missouri