Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Raines v. Barker 54 Va. 128 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina