Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Martin v. State 28 Ala. 71 1856 0 Stealing an Ensalved Person Alabama
Bill v. State 29 Ala. 34 1856 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
Janney's Ex'or v. Stephen's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 11 1856 0 Suit in equity Special Ct of Appeals VA
Wallace v. Brown 17 Ark. 449 1856 0 Replevin in the detinet for a enslaved person Arkansas
Beeson v. Wiley, Banks & Co. 28 Ala. 575 1856 0 Trial to determine property ownership Alabama
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Probate of a will involving slaves Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void" Mississippi
Gray v. Gray 20 Ga. 804 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bell v. Jones 10 Md. 322 1856 0 Maryland
Hair v. Avery 28 Ala. 267 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
State v. Guilford 49 N.C. 83 1856 0 Murder North Carolina
Nixon v. Bozeman 11 La. Ann. 750 1856 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved person, death of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Adeline 11 La. Ann. 736 1856 0 Murder, execution, confessions Louisiana
Maranthe v. Hunter 11 La. Ann. 734 1856 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 Sales North Carolina
Reynolds v. Batson 11 La. Ann. 729 1856 0 Theft of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons Louisiana
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana