Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Gilliam 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 161 1855 1 Virginia
Hollifield v. Stell 17 Ga. 280 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Ashby 20 Mo. 354 1855 1 Missouri
Benson v. Mitchell 26 Ala. 360 1855 1 Alabama
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Hutcheson v. Priddy 53 Va. 85 1855 1 Virginia
Corner v. Pendleton 8 Md. 337 1855 1 Maryland
Thames Steamboat Co. v. Housatonic Railroad 24 Conn. 40 1855 1 Connecticut
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Craighead v. Wilson 59 U.S. 199 1855 1 United States
Broadbent v. State 7 Md. 416 1855 0 Maryland
Beauregard v. City of New Orleans 59 U.S. 497 1855 1 United States
Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McCullough 53 Va. 595 1855 1 Virginia
Smith v. Grosjean 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 109 1855 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Green v. State 28 Miss. 687 1855 1 Mississippi
Mayo v. James 53 Va. 17 1855 0 Violation of city ordinance SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Commonwealth 53 Va. 714 1855 0 Indictment for selling spirits to slaves SC of Appeals VA
Unis v. Charlton's Adm'r 53 Va. 484 1855 0 Suits for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Lunsford v. Smith 53 Va. 554 1855 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA