Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hooe v. Hooe 54 Va. 245 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Bailey v. Hicks 16 Tex. 222 1856 0 Texas
Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 255 1856 1 Virginia
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
People v. Diaz 6 Cal. 248 1856 1 California
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
State v. Fox 25 N.J.L. 566 1856 1 New Jersey
Bateman v. Latham 56 N.C. 35 1856 0 North Carolina
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Collett v. Frazier 56 N.C. 80 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Texas
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia