Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Splawn v. Martin 17 Ark. 146 1856 0 Fraud dispute Arkansas
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Seay v. Bacon 36 Tenn. 99 1856 0 Tennessee
Hooe v. Hooe 54 Va. 245 1856 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Bradshaw v. Mayfield 18 Tex. 21 1856 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Mangham v. Cox & Waring 29 Ala. 81 1856 0 Recovery for Value of a Lost Enslaved Person Alabama
Russell v. Little 28 Ala. 160 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Price v. Notrebe's Heir 17 Ark. 45 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Summers v. Bean 54 Va. 404 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Irons v. Reynolds 28 Ala. 305 1856 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Crum v. Williams 29 Ala. 446 1856 0 Trover by administrator for conversion Alabama
Lowe v. Morris 36 Tenn. 69 1856 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Pearsall v. McCartney 28 Ala. 110 1856 0 Petition for bankruptcy Alabama