| Case Name | Citation | Year ▼ | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams v. Barnes | 28 Ala. 613 | 1856 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Owings v. Jones | 9 Md. 108 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Mickle v. Miles | 31 Pa. 20 | 1856 | 1 | Pennsylvania | |
| Commonwealth v. Williams | 72 Mass. 1 | 1856 | 1 | Massachusetts | |
| Boyd v. McCann | 10 Md. 118 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States v. Reynold's Executrices | 9 Md. 341 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| McNeill v. Arnold | 17 Ark. 154 | 1856 | 0 | Wrongful conveyance of enslaved person | Arkansas |
| Pratt v. Philbrook | 41 Me. 132 | 1856 | 1 | Maine | |
| Unger v. Price | 9 Md. 552 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Giles v. Ebsworth | 10 Md. 333 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Kauffman v. Walker | 9 Md. 229 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Stocket v. Holliday | 9 Md. 480 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Harwood v. Marshall | 9 Md. 83 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| People v. Diaz | 6 Cal. 248 | 1856 | 1 | California | |
| Parish's Heirs v. Ferris | 6 Ohio St. 563 | 1856 | 1 | Ohio | |
| Williams v. Holmes | 9 Md. 281 | 1856 | 1 | Maryland | |
| Johnson v. Sullivan | 23 Mo. 474 | 1856 | 1 | Missouri | |
| Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co. | 54 Va. 427 | 1856 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Jones v. Neale | 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 399 | 1856 | 1 | Virginia | |
| Woodward v. Lurty | 11 La. Ann. 280 | 1856 | 0 | Tutorship, probate, marital property, fraud, simulation | Louisiana |