Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Major's Ex'r v. Gibson 1 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 48 1855 1 Virginia
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Atkins v. State 16 Ark. 568 1855 1 Arkansas
Collier v. Lyons 18 Ga. 648 1855 0 Recovery for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. State 17 Ga. 439 1855 0 Indictment for receiving material from slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Smidth 27 F. Cas. 1131 1855 0 Indictment of slave trader Circuit Court, S.D. New York
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