Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hyatt v. Pugsley 23 Barb. 285 1856 1 New York
Massie v. Greenhow's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 255 1856 1 Virginia
Ritchie v. Dorland 6 Cal. 33 1856 1 California
Cribbins v. Markwood 54 Va. 495 1856 1 Virginia
State v. Fox 25 N.J.L. 566 1856 1 New Jersey
Gough v. Pratt 9 Md. 526 1856 1 Maryland
Owings v. Jones 9 Md. 108 1856 1 Maryland
City of St. Louis v. Alexander 23 Mo. 483 1856 1 Missouri
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Smith's Ex'or v. Britton 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 124 1856 1 Virginia
Pierce v. Emery 32 N.H. 484 1856 1 New Hampshire
Lewis v. Arnold 54 Va. 454 1856 1 Virginia
Brown, Bros. v. Bank of Mississippi 31 Miss. 454 1856 1 Mississippi
Lane's Adm'r v. Eggleston's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 225 1856 1 Virginia
Davis' Adm'rs v. Mead 54 Va. 118 1856 1 Virginia
Davis v. Baxter 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 133 1856 1 Virginia
Cullen v. O’Hara 4 Mich. 132 1856 1 Michigan
Johnson v. Brook 31 Miss. 17 1856 1 Mississippi
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Harvell 49 N.C. 55 1856 1 North Carolina