Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burch v. Burch 19 Ga. 174 1855 1 Georgia
People v. Milgate 5 Cal. 127 1855 1 California
Shell v. Shell 34 Tenn. 716 1855 1 Tennessee
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 26 Ala. 371 1855 1 Alabama
Hamilton v. Seitz 25 Pa. 226 1855 1 Pennsylvania
Mosely v. Lane 27 Ala. 62 1855 1 Alabama
State v. Hanson 39 Me. 337 1855 1 Maine
Thompson v. Thomas 30 Miss. 152 1855 1 Mississippi
Thomason v. Rice 1 Shan. Cas. 69 1855 1 Tennessee
Longworth v. Sturges 4 Ohio St. 690 1855 1 Ohio
Ohio ex rel. Story v. Jennings 4 Ohio St. 419 1854 1 Ohio
Day v. New England Car-Spring Co. 7 F. Cas. 252 1854 1 United States
Harrison v. State 24 Ala. 67 1854 1 Alabama
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
McCandlish v. Newman 22 Pa. 460 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Noles v. State 24 Ala. 672 1854 1 Alabama
Pattison v. His Creditors 9 La. Ann. 228 1854 1 Louisiana
Kidd v. Manley 28 Miss. 156 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Cummins v. Garretson 15 Ark. 132 1854 1 Arkansas
People ex rel. Mygatt v. Supervisors of Chenango County 11 N.Y. 563 1854 1 New York