Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bumgardner v. Taylor 28 Ala. 687 1856 1 Alabama
Farrell v. Bean 10 Md. 217 1856 0 Maryland
Roberts v. Prior 20 Ga. 561 1856 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alleged Illegal Transportation of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 786 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Murphey v. Murphey 20 Ga. 549 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Suggs v. Sapp 20 Ga. 100 1856 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Legal title to slaves Supreme Court
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Park v. Tennille 20 Ga. 111 1856 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Hines v. Gordon 2 Hay. & Haz. 222 1856 0 Wills, Marriages District of Columbia