Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arnold v. McNeill 17 Ark. 179 1856 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Cutter v. Fanning 2 Iowa 580 1856 1 Iowa
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 Wills, Marriages District of Columbia
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Hickerson v. United States 30 F. Cas. 1087 1856 0 Assault and Battery against a slave, Neusiance United States
Wallace v. Nelson 28 Ala. 282 1856 1 Alabama
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. Little 28 Ala. 160 1856 1 Alabama
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Livingston v. Arrington 28 Ala. 424 1856 0 Fraudulent Sale Alabama
Kendrick v. Whitfield 20 Ga. 379 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 777 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 786 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Parish v. Gates 29 Ala. 254 1856 0 Sale Declared as Mortgage Alabama
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri