Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Funk v. Newcomer 10 Md. 301 1856 1 Maryland
State v. Hollin 12 La. Ann. 677 1856 1 Louisiana
Nickley v. Thomas 22 Barb. 652 1856 1 New York
Johnson v. Johnson’s Administrator 23 Mo. 561 1856 1 Missouri
Gauldin v. Shehee 20 Ga. 531 1856 1 Georgia
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Saltonstall v. Riley 28 Ala. 164 1856 1 Alabama
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Stryker v. Vanderbilt 25 N.J.L. 482 1856 1 New Jersey
Macon & Western R. R. v. Winn 19 Ga. 440 1856 1 Georgia
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
West v. Hendrix 28 Ala. 226 1856 1 Alabama
Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co. 10 Md. 129 1856 1 Maryland
Hunt v. Acre 28 Ala. 580 1856 1 Alabama
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Williams v. Holmes 9 Md. 281 1856 1 Maryland
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia