Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Beninger v. Corwin 24 N.J.L. 257 1854 1 New Jersey
Jarrett v. Johnson 52 Va. 327 1854 1 Virginia
Kerr v. Laird 27 Miss. 544 1854 1 Mississippi
Daniel v. Hollingshead 16 Ga. 190 1854 1 Georgia
Willis v. Jones 11 Tex. 594 1854 1 Texas
Trenton Mutual Life & Fire Insurance v. Johnson 24 N.J.L. 576 1854 1 New Jersey
Tucker v. State 24 Ala. 77 1854 1 Alabama
Hess v. Newcomer 7 Md. 325 1854 1 Maryland
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Murphey v. Menard 11 Tex. 673 1854 1 Texas
Fuller v. Parrish 3 Mich. 211 1854 1 Michigan
Commonwealth v. Hilliard 68 Mass. 294 1854 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York
Keating v. Spink 3 Ohio St. 105 1854 1 Ohio
New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Harris 27 Miss. 517 1854 1 Mississippi
Succession of Jarvis 9 La. Ann. 370 1854 1 Louisiana
State ex rel. Whaley v. Blackwell 20 Mo. 97 1854 1 Missouri