Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Mickle v. Miles 31 Pa. 20 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Dorsey 9 Md. 317 1856 1 Maryland
Dorsey v. Dorsey 9 Md. 31 1856 1 Maryland
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Gough v. Pratt 9 Md. 526 1856 1 Maryland
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Marsh v. Mississippi 30 Miss. 627 1856 1 Mississippi
Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 255 1856 1 Virginia
Pierce v. Emery 32 N.H. 484 1856 1 New Hampshire
Stratton v. Ham 8 Ind. 84 1856 1 Indiana
Lane's Adm'r v. Eggleston's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 225 1856 1 Virginia
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Whittle's Adm'r 54 Va. 329 1856 1 Virginia
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts