Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Lusk v. Lewis 32 Miss. 297 1856 1 Mississippi
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Botters v. Edrington 30 Miss. 580 1856 1 Mississippi
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Richardson 32 Miss. 313 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi