Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Mills v. Ashe 16 Tex. 295 1856 1 Recovery for wages Texas
Whitesides v. Cannon 23 Mo. 457 1856 1 Missouri
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Will & trust Alabama
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Denmead v. Bank of Baltimore 9 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
McClure's Executors v. Gamble 27 Pa. 288 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Haughton v. Benbury 55 N.C. 337 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Page v. Naglee 6 Cal. 241 1856 1 California
Stillman v. The Buckeye State 23 F. Cas. 82 1856 1 United States
Forsyth v. Day 41 Me. 382 1856 1 Maine
Hooper v. Moore 48 N.C. 428 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Pemberton v. Pemberton 22 Mo. 338 1856 1 Missouri
Chrystie v. Phyfe 22 Barb. 195 1856 1 New York