Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Phillips v. Murphy 49 N.C. 45 1856 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi
Mooney v. Brinkley 17 Ark. 340 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Ivey's Adm'r v. Owens 28 Ala. 641 1856 0 Recovery of Proceeds for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Daughtry v. Boothe 49 N.C. 87 1856 0 Contracts North Carolina
Bateman v. Latham 56 N.C. 35 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Upchurch v. Darnall 35 Tenn. 443 1856 0 Tennessee
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Gold v. Vaughan 36 Tenn. 247 1856 0 Tennessee
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Patrick 48 N.C. 443 1856 0 Murder North Carolina
Lindsay v. Wayland 17 Ark. 385 1856 0 "Defective property" dispute Arkansas
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Confessions, criminal law Louisiana
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 What qualifies as separate estate of husband and wife Mississippi
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA