Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pryor v. Ryburn 16 Ark. 671 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Baxter v. Stewart 36 Tenn. 213 1856 0 Tennessee
Fox v. Sandford 36 Tenn. 36 1856 1 Tennessee
State v. Patrick 48 N.C. 443 1856 0 Murder North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Crabtree v. McDaniel 17 Ark. 222 1856 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
Wallace v. Brown 17 Ark. 449 1856 0 Replevin in the detinet for a enslaved person Arkansas
Gibson v. Carrell 54 Va. 136 1856 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Taylor v. Yarbrough 54 Va. 183 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Martin v. Jackson 27 Pa. 504 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama