Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McFarland v. Hall 17 Tex. 676 1856 1 Texas
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Gilkeson v. Frederick Justices 54 Va. 577 1856 1 Virginia
Elcan's Adm'r v. Lancasterian School 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 53 1856 1 Virginia
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Bevans v. McGlocklin 9 Md. 476 1856 1 Maryland
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Berry v. Griffin 10 Md. 27 1856 1 Maryland
Smith's Ex'or v. Britton 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 124 1856 1 Virginia
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
Kauffman v. Walker 9 Md. 229 1856 1 Maryland
Giles v. Ebsworth 10 Md. 333 1856 1 Maryland
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
People v. Diaz 6 Cal. 248 1856 1 California
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas