Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Patton 55 N.C. 494 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McKnight v. Wilson 55 N.C. 491 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 Sales North Carolina
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ingram v. Ingram 49 N.C. 188 1856 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Simpson v. Morris 48 N.C. 411 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Drew v. Clemmons 55 N.C. 312 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cooke v. Thornhill 16 Tex. 177 1856 0 Recovery of slaves Texas
Mills v. Ashe 16 Tex. 295 1856 1 Recovery for wages Texas
Garland v. Stewart 31 Miss. 314 1856 0 Who is responsible for purchase price of enslaved woman who was "unsound" Mississippi
Van Vacter v. M'Willie 31 Miss. 563 1856 0 Right to posession of trust estate Mississippi
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Clark v. Hull 31 Miss. 520 1856 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Parker v. Stovall 31 Miss. 446 1856 0 Recovery of slave levied upon Mississippi
Fort v. Wilson 3 Iowa 153 1856 1 Iowa
Dick v. State 30 Miss. 593 1856 0 Murder trial of enslaved men for the murder of their master Mississippi
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Rights of feme coverts who are infants in property Mississippi
State v. Miller 24 Conn. 522 1856 1 Connecticut