Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Stratton v. Ham 8 Ind. 84 1856 1 Indiana
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Smith's Ex'or v. Britton 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 124 1856 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
Ex parte Robinson 20 F. Cas. 965 1856 1 United States
Williams v. Holmes 9 Md. 281 1856 1 Maryland
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
People v. Diaz 6 Cal. 248 1856 1 California
Bevans v. McGlocklin 9 Md. 476 1856 1 Maryland