Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fay v. Sylvester 68 Mass. 171 1854 1 Massachusetts
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
Murphrey v. Wood 47 N.C. 63 1854 1 North Carolina
Couthway v. Berghaus 25 Ala. 393 1854 1 Alabama
Daves v. Haywood 54 N.C. 253 1854 1 North Carolina
Hodge v. Mitchell 27 Miss. 560 1854 1 Mississippi
Mandeville v. Stockett 28 Miss. 398 1854 1 Mississippi
Nixon's Heirs v. Cargo's Heirs 28 Miss. 414 1854 1 Mississippi
McCandlish v. Newman 22 Pa. 460 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Lessee of Mitchell v. Ryan 3 Ohio St. 377 1854 1 Ohio
Doe on the Demise of Gilmer v. Earnhardt 46 N.C. 559 1854 1 North Carolina
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Murphey v. Menard 11 Tex. 673 1854 1 Texas
Noles v. State 24 Ala. 672 1854 1 Alabama
New-Albany & Salem Railroad v. Pickens 5 Ind. 247 1854 1 Indiana
Johnson v. Jackson 27 Miss. 498 1854 1 Mississippi
Caldwell v. Blackwood 54 N.C. 274 1854 1 North Carolina
State ex rel. Whaley v. Blackwell 20 Mo. 97 1854 1 Missouri
Kerr v. Laird 27 Miss. 544 1854 1 Mississippi
New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Harris 27 Miss. 517 1854 1 Mississippi