Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Parish's Heirs v. Ferris 6 Ohio St. 563 1856 1 Ohio
Trustees of Poor v. Pratt 10 Md. 5 1856 1 Maryland
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Butler's Appeal 26 Pa. 63 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Stillman v. The Buckeye State 23 F. Cas. 82 1856 1 United States
Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co. 54 Va. 427 1856 1 Virginia
Pratt v. Philbrook 41 Me. 132 1856 1 Maine
Zeigler v. King 9 Md. 330 1856 1 Maryland
Pemberton v. Pemberton 22 Mo. 338 1856 1 Missouri
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Ex parte Greene 29 Ala. 52 1856 1 Alabama
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina
State v. Malone 35 Tenn. 699 1856 1 Tennessee
Quynn v. Carroll 10 Md. 197 1856 1 Maryland
Winston's Ex'or v. Street's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 169 1856 1 Virginia
Goode v. Goode 22 Mo. 518 1856 1 Missouri
State v. Miller 24 Conn. 522 1856 1 Connecticut