Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
Gee v. Gee 32 Miss. 190 1856 1 Mississippi
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Wallace v. Nelson 28 Ala. 282 1856 1 Alabama
Murphey v. Murphey 20 Ga. 549 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Robie & Wife v. Flanders 33 N.H. 524 1856 1 New Hampshire
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bumgardner v. Taylor 28 Ala. 687 1856 1 Alabama
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Security bond dispute Arkansas