Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Holmes 9 Md. 281 1856 1 Maryland
Tinsley v. Jones 54 Va. 289 1856 1 Virginia
Miller v. Dorsey 9 Md. 317 1856 1 Maryland
Boyd v. Doty 8 Ind. 370 1856 1 Indiana
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Nelson v. Jennings 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 369 1856 1 Virginia
Berry v. Griffin 10 Md. 27 1856 1 Maryland
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Whittle's Adm'r 54 Va. 329 1856 1 Virginia
Babb v. Harrison 30 S.C. Eq. 111 1856 1 South Carolina
State v. Fuller 33 N.H. 259 1856 1 New Hampshire
Chenery v. Palmer 6 Cal. 119 1856 1 California
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
Slaughter v. Commonwealth 54 Va. 767 1856 1 Virginia
Bevans v. McGlocklin 9 Md. 476 1856 1 Maryland
Brooke v. Shacklett 54 Va. 301 1856 1 Virginia
Vaugine v. Taylor 18 Ark. 65 1856 1 Arkansas
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 1856 1 Iowa
Kauffman v. Walker 9 Md. 229 1856 1 Maryland
Giles v. Ebsworth 10 Md. 333 1856 1 Maryland
Miller v. Chittenden 2 Iowa 315 1856 1 Iowa