Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road v. Thompson 10 Md. 76 1856 1 Maryland
Page v. Naglee 6 Cal. 241 1856 1 California
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Falkner v. Streator 56 N.C. 33 1856 0 North Carolina
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 North Carolina
Cox v. Cox 36 Tenn. 81 1856 1 Tennessee
Mills v. Thursby 2 Abb. Pr. 432 1856 1 New York
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
Macon & Western R. R. v. Winn 19 Ga. 440 1856 1 Georgia
Davis v. Carroll 11 La. Ann. 705 1856 1 Louisiana
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 North Carolina
Terry v. Wooding 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 178 1856 1 Virginia
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Alabama
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 North Carolina
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee