Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boring v. Rollins 20 Ga. 623 1856 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee
Splawn v. Martin 17 Ark. 146 1856 0 Fraud dispute Arkansas
Mosser v. Mosser 29 Ala. 313 1856 0 Suit for divorce on grounds of adultery Alabama
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Largent v. Berry 48 N.C. 531 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi
Harris v. Taylor 35 Tenn. 536 1856 0 Tennessee
Wharton v. Marberry 35 Tenn. 603 1856 0 Tennessee
Boxly v. McKay 36 Tenn. 286 1856 0 Tennessee
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Application of Probate of Will for Married Person Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Apple v. Allen 56 N.C. 120 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee
Wampler v. Wampler 9 Md. 540 1856 0 Maryland