Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 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
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Ballard v. Davis 31 Miss. 525 1856 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Matter of Coates 3 Abb. Ct. App. 231 1856 1 New York
Davis v. Commonwealth for Leon 54 Va. 139 1856 1 Virginia
Kieffer v. Imhoff 26 Pa. 438 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee
Remy v. Municipality No. Two 11 La. Ann. 148 1856 1 Louisiana