Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State ex rel. Public Treasurer v. Petway 55 N.C. 396 1856 1 North Carolina
Bean v. Bean 33 N.H. 279 1856 1 New Hampshire
Forsyth v. Day 41 Me. 382 1856 1 Maine
Wyngert v. Norton 4 Mich. 286 1856 1 Michigan
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Bates v. Ruddick 2 Iowa 423 1856 1 Iowa
State v. Sprague 4 R.I. 257 1856 1 Rhode Island
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alleged Illegal Transportation of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Beeson v. Wiley, Banks & Co. 28 Ala. 575 1856 0 Trial to determine property ownership Alabama
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Joe v. State 6 Fla. 591 1856 0 Conviction for a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Order for the sale of land/property Alabama
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Kelly, Timanus & Co. v. Wallace 6 Fla. 690 1856 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Pollard v. Scears' Adm'r. 28 Ala. 484 1856 0 Estate/credit dispute Alabama
Morgan v. Cox 22 Mo. 373 1856 0 Missouri