Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Sale of enslaved person, mortgages, seizure Louisiana
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas
Wood v. Hardy 11 La. Ann. 760 1856 0 Promissory notes, property, wills, emancipation Louisiana
Doty v. Moore 16 Tex. 591 1856 0 Confessions of a slave dispute Texas
Claiborne v. Tanner 18 Tex. 68 1856 0 Loan of slaves dispute Texas
Gaines v. Ann 17 Tex. 211 1856 0 Suit for freedom Texas
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Common property dispute Texas
Marlow v. King 17 Tex. 177 1856 0 Property dispute Texas
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Martin v. State 16 Tex. 240 1856 0 Indictment for harbing a slave Texas
Scranton v. Tilley 16 Tex. 183 1856 0 Damages for breach of warranty Texas
Lucas v. D'Armond 11 La. Ann. 168 1856 0 Creditor's rights, property, successions, simulated sale Louisiana
Ashford v. Tibbitts 11 La. Ann. 167 1856 0 Mortgages, property, sales, marital property Louisiana
Griffith v. Frellsen 11 La. Ann. 163 1856 0 Property, simulation, sales Louisiana
McCall v. Henderson 11 La. Ann. 209 1856 0 Recission, sales, debts, conflict of laws Louisiana
Hunter v. General Mutual Insurance 11 La. Ann. 139 1856 0 Warranty, death of enslaved person, insurance policy Louisiana