Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Deed dispute/creditor dispute Arkansas
Gauldin v. Shehee 20 Ga. 531 1856 1 Georgia
West v. Hendrix 28 Ala. 226 1856 1 Alabama
Teakle v. Teakle 29 Ala. 403 1856 1 Alabama
Lawrence v. Senter 36 Tenn. 52 1856 1 Tennessee
Cox v. Cox 36 Tenn. 81 1856 1 Tennessee
Hunt v. Acre 28 Ala. 580 1856 1 Alabama
Doe ex dem. Saltonstall v. Riley 28 Ala. 164 1856 1 Alabama
Thompson v. State 28 Ala. 12 1856 1 Alabama
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Kelly v. McCaw 29 Ala. 227 1856 0 Action for damages Alabama
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person, negligence Louisiana
Gautt v. Gautt 12 La. Ann. 673 1856 0 Sales of enslaved persons, consideration, prescription Louisiana
Anderson v. Stille 12 La. Ann. 669 1856 0 Sequestration, partition, property Louisiana
Duperrier v. Dautrive 12 La. Ann. 664 1856 0 Murder of enslaved person, recovery for value of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hayes v. Clarke 12 La. Ann. 666 1856 0 Seizure, property, sales Louisiana
Hatton v. Landman 28 Ala. 127 1856 0 Action to establish parol Alabama
Johnson v. Murphy 17 Tex. 216 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Texas
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Recovery for labor Texas