Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gwynn v. Hamilton's Adm'r 29 Ala. 233 1856 0 Bill in Equity by Distributee Against Adminstrator for Account and Settlement of Adminstration Alabama
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Oden v. Windley 55 N.C. 440 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Woods v. Woods 55 N.C. 420 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Green v. Kornegay 49 N.C. 66 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bateman v. Latham 56 N.C. 35 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hatton v. Landman 28 Ala. 127 1856 0 Action to establish parol Alabama
Hubnall v. Watt 11 La. Ann. 57 1856 0 Prescription, sales, property Louisiana
Templet v. Baker 12 La. Ann. 658 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person, Runaway enslaved person, redhibition Louisiana
Louis v. Richard 12 La. Ann. 684 1856 0 Sales, usufruct, property Louisiana
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Webb v. Deeson 11 La. Ann. 84 1856 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Gray v. Gray 20 Ga. 804 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Perry v. Yarbrough 56 N.C. 66 1856 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Phillips v. Murphy 49 N.C. 45 1856 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Jones v. Gordon 55 N.C. 352 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina