Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gough v. Pratt 9 Md. 526 1856 1 Maryland
Gibson v. Soper 72 Mass. 279 1856 1 Massachusetts
Cooper v. Sunderland 3 Iowa 114 1856 1 Iowa
Ex parte Cole 28 Ala. 50 1856 1 Alabama
Tifield v. Adams 3 Iowa 487 1856 1 Iowa
Winston's Ex'or v. Street's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 169 1856 1 Virginia
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Charles v. Dubose 29 Ala. 367 1856 1 Alabama
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
State v. Malone 35 Tenn. 699 1856 1 Tennessee
Desha's Exrs. v. Robinson 17 Ark. 228 1856 1 Arkansas
Quynn v. Carroll 10 Md. 197 1856 1 Maryland
Partridge v. Forsyth 29 Ala. 200 1856 1 Alabama
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Bumgardner v. Taylor 28 Ala. 687 1856 1 Alabama
Adams v. Adams 29 Ala. 433 1856 1 Alabama
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
Pratt v. Philbrook 41 Me. 132 1856 1 Maine
Mills v. Ashe 16 Tex. 295 1856 1 Recovery for wages Texas