Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Johnson v. Murphy 17 Tex. 216 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Texas
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Recovery for labor Texas
McLemore v. McClellan 17 Tex. 122 1856 0 Recovery for wages Texas
Kesler v. Robson 16 Tex. 119 1856 0 Sale of salve dispute Texas
Kendrick v. Rice 16 Tex. 254 1856 0 Will & trust Texas
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alleged Illegal Transportation of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Park v. Tennille 20 Ga. 111 1856 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 777 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Kendrick v. Whitfield 20 Ga. 379 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia