Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co. 54 Va. 427 1856 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Jones v. Neale 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 399 1856 1 Virginia
Goode v. Goode 22 Mo. 518 1856 1 Missouri
Fort v. Wilson 3 Iowa 153 1856 1 Iowa
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Williams v. Barnes 28 Ala. 613 1856 1 Alabama
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Texas
Toler's Adm'r v. Toler 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 71 1856 1 Virginia
Dowling v. Smith 9 Md. 242 1856 1 Maryland