Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
West v. Sloan 56 N.C. 102 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Carter v. Streator 49 N.C. 62 1856 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Cole v. Cole 17 Tex. 4 1856 0 Suit for recovery of a slave Texas
Bell v. Jones 10 Md. 322 1856 0 Maryland
Wampler v. Wampler 9 Md. 540 1856 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Bayne v. Garrett 17 Tex. 330 1856 0 Will & trust Texas
Shackelford v. Newbill 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 232 1856 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Andrews v. Jones 32 Miss. 274 1856 0 Disposition of wife's separate estate Mississippi
Hatton v. Landman 28 Ala. 127 1856 0 Action to establish parol Alabama
Scranton v. Tilley 16 Tex. 183 1856 0 Damages for breach of warranty Texas
Lea v. White 36 Tenn. 111 1856 0 Tennessee
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee
Pryor v. Ryburn 16 Ark. 671 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Lacey v. Davis & McFarren 4 Mich. 140 1856 1 Michigan
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Clayton v. Tucker 20 Ga. 452 1856 0 Will and Executor Supreme Court
Crabtree v. McDaniel 17 Ark. 222 1856 0 Adverse posession of enslaved person Arkansas
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia