Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bermudez ex rel. Wright v. Union Bank 11 La. Ann. 64 1856 0 Pledges, stocks, mortgages, property, judicial sales Louisiana
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
State v. Wedemeyer 11 La. Ann. 49 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
State v. Martinez 11 La. Ann. 23 1856 0 Criminal law, sales of liquor to enslaved persons Louisiana
Beatty v. Dufief 11 La. Ann. 74 1856 0 Mortgages, property, promissory notes, wills Louisiana
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Executor for life Supreme Court of Georgia
Woodward v. Lurty 11 La. Ann. 280 1856 0 Tutorship, probate, marital property, fraud, simulation Louisiana
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Morgan v. Cox 22 Mo. 373 1856 0 Missouri
Crabtree v. McDaniel 17 Ark. 222 1856 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
George v. Greenwood 11 La. Ann. 299 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, Indian territory Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee