Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Atwood's Adm'r v. Wright 29 Ala. 346 1856 0 Dispute over Sale of an Elsanved Person Alabama
Calahan's Adm'rs v. Depriest 54 Va. 274 1856 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Raines v. Barker 54 Va. 128 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Hooe v. Hooe 54 Va. 245 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Executor for life Supreme Court of Georgia
Morgan v. Smith, Wykoff & Nicholl 29 Ala. 283 1856 0 Detinue Alabama
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Contract dispute Texas
Ivey's Adm'r v. Owens 28 Ala. 641 1856 0 Recovery of Proceeds for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Tinnin v. Price 31 Miss. 422 1856 0 Evidence in recovery of slaves Mississippi
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Friley v. White 31 Miss. 442 1856 0 Husbands right to enslaved woman belonging to wife Mississippi
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Marlow v. Johnson 31 Miss. 128 1856 0 Equity of redemption in deed of trust Mississippi
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder Mississippi
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Statute of limitations for forclosure of a mortgage Mississippi
Pollard v. Scears' Adm'r. 28 Ala. 484 1856 0 Estate/credit dispute Alabama
Kelly v. McCaw 29 Ala. 227 1856 0 Action for damages Alabama
Pearsall v. McCartney 28 Ala. 110 1856 0 Petition for bankruptcy Alabama