Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Arkansas
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina
Bateman v. Latham 56 N.C. 35 1856 0 North Carolina
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Lyons v. Andrews 12 La. Ann. 685 1856 0 Louisiana
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Texas
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts