Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi
Tappan v. Tappan 6 Ohio St. 64 1856 1 Ohio
State v. Hollin 12 La. Ann. 677 1856 1 Louisiana
Mills v. Thursby 12 How. Pr. 385 1856 1 New York
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Houston v. Crutcher 31 Miss. 51 1856 1 Mississippi
Johnson v. Johnson’s Administrator 23 Mo. 561 1856 1 Missouri
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Funk v. Newcomer 10 Md. 301 1856 1 Maryland
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi