Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 255 1856 1 Virginia
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Gilkeson v. Frederick Justices 54 Va. 577 1856 1 Virginia
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Smith's Ex'or v. Britton 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 124 1856 1 Virginia
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Pierce v. Emery 32 N.H. 484 1856 1 New Hampshire
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia