Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dowling v. Smith 9 Md. 242 1856 1 Maryland
Derby v. Derby 4 R.I. 414 1856 1 Rhode Island
Zeigler v. King 9 Md. 330 1856 1 Maryland
Lane's Adm'r v. Eggleston's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 225 1856 1 Virginia
Butler's Appeal 26 Pa. 63 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Trustees of Poor v. Pratt 10 Md. 5 1856 1 Maryland
Heskett v. Borden Mining Co. 10 Md. 179 1856 1 Maryland
Williams v. Barnes 28 Ala. 613 1856 1 Alabama
Owings v. Jones 9 Md. 108 1856 1 Maryland
Mickle v. Miles 31 Pa. 20 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Williams 72 Mass. 1 1856 1 Massachusetts
Boyd v. McCann 10 Md. 118 1856 1 Maryland
Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States v. Reynold's Executrices 9 Md. 341 1856 1 Maryland
McNeill v. Arnold 17 Ark. 154 1856 0 Wrongful conveyance of enslaved person Arkansas
Pratt v. Philbrook 41 Me. 132 1856 1 Maine
Unger v. Price 9 Md. 552 1856 1 Maryland
Giles v. Ebsworth 10 Md. 333 1856 1 Maryland
Kauffman v. Walker 9 Md. 229 1856 1 Maryland
Stocket v. Holliday 9 Md. 480 1856 1 Maryland
Harwood v. Marshall 9 Md. 83 1856 1 Maryland