Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Russell v. Little 28 Ala. 160 1856 1 Alabama
Ex parte Banks 28 Ala. 28 1856 1 Alabama
Mitchell v. Clagett 9 Md. 42 1856 0 Maryland
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alleged Illegal Transportation of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Liggat v. Hart 23 Mo. 127 1856 1 Missouri
Danforth v. Laney 28 Ala. 274 1856 1 Alabama
Baxter v. Abbott 73 Mass. 71 1856 1 Massachusetts
Bennett v. Solomon 6 Cal. 134 1856 1 California
Postlewait v. Howes 3 Iowa 365 1856 1 Iowa
Janney's Ex'or v. Stephen's Adm'r 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 11 1856 0 Suit in equity Special Ct of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Ad'mr v. Pitts 54 Va. 235 1856 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. State 32 Miss. 389 1856 1 Mississippi