Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Gordon v. Wilson 49 N.C. 64 1856 0 North Carolina
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Arkansas
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina
Bateman v. Latham 56 N.C. 35 1856 0 North Carolina
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Louisiana
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia