Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
State v. Malone 35 Tenn. 699 1856 1 Tennessee
Boyd v. McCann 10 Md. 118 1856 1 Maryland
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Mitchell v. Mitchell 10 Md. 234 1856 1 Maryland
Dowling v. Smith 9 Md. 242 1856 1 Maryland
Buckey v. Snouffer 10 Md. 149 1856 1 Maryland
Harnsbarger's Adm'r v. Kinney 54 Va. 511 1856 1 Virginia
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Pratt v. Philbrook 41 Me. 132 1856 1 Maine
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Jones v. Neale 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 399 1856 1 Virginia
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co. 10 Md. 129 1856 1 Maryland
Mills v. Thursby 12 How. Pr. 385 1856 1 New York
Nickley v. Thomas 22 Barb. 652 1856 1 New York
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Gauldin v. Shehee 20 Ga. 531 1856 1 Georgia
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi