Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Security bond dispute Arkansas
Cutter v. Fanning 2 Iowa 580 1856 1 Iowa
Arnold v. McNeill 17 Ark. 179 1856 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 Assault and Battery against a slave, Neusiance United States
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Russell v. Little 28 Ala. 160 1856 1 Alabama
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 777 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 Freedom suit United States
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Scott v. Winship 20 Ga. 429 1856 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallace v. Nelson 28 Ala. 282 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Kendrick v. Whitfield 20 Ga. 379 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas