Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Kauffman v. Walker 9 Md. 229 1856 1 Maryland
McFarland v. Hall 17 Tex. 676 1856 1 Texas
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Lane's Adm'r v. Eggleston's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 225 1856 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
Giles v. Ebsworth 10 Md. 333 1856 1 Maryland
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Stratton v. Ham 8 Ind. 84 1856 1 Indiana
Berry v. Griffin 10 Md. 27 1856 1 Maryland
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire