Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pusey v. Potomac Bridge Co. 8 Md. 470 1855 1 Maryland
Penn v. Whiteheads 53 Va. 74 1855 1 Virginia
Turner v. Campbell 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 256 1855 1 Virginia
Stober v. McCarter 4 Ohio St. 514 1855 1 Ohio
Stephens 70 Mass. 559 1855 1 Massachusetts
Freeman v. Robinson 7 Ind. 321 1855 1 Indiana
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Brown v. Somerville 8 Md. 444 1855 1 Maryland
Taylor v. Carryl 24 Pa. 259 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Atkins v. State 16 Ark. 568 1855 1 Arkansas
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
State v. Woodward 21 Mo. 265 1855 1 Missouri
Howell v. Gibson 30 Miss. 464 1855 1 Mississippi
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
Newbegin v. Langley 39 Me. 200 1855 1 Maine
Hewitt's Adm'r v. Adams 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 34 1855 1 Virginia
Lesslie's Ex'or v. Brown's Ex'ors 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 216 1855 1 Virginia