Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Tarr v. Ravenscroft 53 Va. 642 1855 1 Virginia
Nix v. State 13 Tex. 575 1855 1 Indictment for assault upon slave Texas
Hunt v. Bennett 4 E.D. Smith 647 1855 1 New York
Taylor v. Carryl 24 Pa. 259 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 24 Conn. 94 1855 1 Connecticut
Perkins v. Clements 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 141 1855 1 Virginia
Edmunds v. Venable 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 121 1855 1 Virginia
Brister v. State 26 Ala. 107 1855 0 Prosecution for Murder Alabama