Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Malone 35 Tenn. 699 1856 1 Tennessee
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina
President of the Bank of Wooster v. Stevens 6 Ohio St. 262 1856 1 Ohio
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Flash, Hartwell & Co. v. Paul, Cook & Co. 29 Ala. 141 1856 1 Alabama
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Harnsbarger's Adm'r v. Kinney 54 Va. 511 1856 1 Virginia
Adams v. Adams 29 Ala. 433 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
Quynn v. Carroll 10 Md. 197 1856 1 Maryland
State v. Hollin 12 La. Ann. 677 1856 1 Louisiana
Berry v. Griffin 10 Md. 27 1856 1 Maryland
McNeilly v. Patchin 23 Mo. 40 1856 1 Missouri
Doe on the demise of Lafontaine v. Avaline 8 Ind. 6 1856 1 Indiana
Ex parte Greene 29 Ala. 52 1856 1 Alabama
Derby v. Derby 4 R.I. 414 1856 1 Rhode Island