Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Carson v. Duffy 55 N.C. 507 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bugg v. Franklin 36 Tenn. 129 1856 0 Tennessee
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Searcy v. Carter 36 Tenn. 271 1856 0 Tennessee
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Burt v. Bobo 36 Tenn. 234 1856 0 Tennessee
Machin v. Thompson 17 Ark. 199 1856 0 Limitation act Arkansas
Sarah v. State 18 Ark. 114 1856 0 enslaved person prosecution for illegal act Arkansas
Matter of Coates 3 Abb. Ct. App. 231 1856 1 New York
Bone v. State 18 Ark. 109 1856 0 Indictment of enslaved person for assault Arkansas
Anthony v. Peay 18 Ark. 24 1856 0 Heir seeks to maintain suit for unpaid purchase of land due by estate Arkansas
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Franklin’s Adm’r v. Depriest 54 Va. 257 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bomford v. Grimes 17 Ark. 567 1856 0 Recovery for medical services rendered to enslaved person Arkansas
Tune v. Cooper 36 Tenn. 296 1856 0 Tennessee