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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sharp v. Maxwell 30 Miss. 589 1856 0 What qualifies as separate estate of husband and wife Mississippi
Thornton v. Chisholm 20 Ga. 338 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Henriette v. Heirs of Barnes 11 La. Ann. 453 1856 0 Legacy rights of enslaved persons, emancipation Louisiana
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 493 1856 0 Recovery of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons, property Louisiana
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Testaments, manumission, filiation Louisiana
Solibellas v. Consolidated Ass'n 11 La. Ann. 682 1856 0 Mortgages, property Louisiana
Laycock v. Davidson 11 La. Ann. 328 1856 0 Promissory notes, extrinsic evidence, property, probate Louisiana
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Ivey's Adm'r v. Owens 28 Ala. 641 1856 0 Recovery of Proceeds for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Who title of issue goes to in case of enslaved woman bequeathed via a will Mississippi
State v. Bob 11 La. Ann. 192 1856 0 Confessions, criminal law Louisiana
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void" Mississippi
Apple v. Allen 56 N.C. 120 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McDaniel v. Strohecker 19 Ga. 432 1856 0 Deceit for sale of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Reynolds v. Lansford 16 Tex. 286 1856 0 Property dispute Texas
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Rafe v. State 20 Ga. 60 1856 0 Slave tried for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Falkner v. Streator 56 N.C. 33 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina