Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
American Exchange Bank v. Inloes 7 Md. 380 1855 1 Maryland
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
Riggs v. State 30 Miss. 635 1856 1 Mississippi
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Burroughs v. United States 4 F. Cas. 836 1856 1 United States
Hunt v. Acre 28 Ala. 580 1856 1 Alabama
Dew v. Cunningham 28 Ala. 466 1856 1 Alabama
Conkling v. Coonrod 6 Ohio St. 611 1856 1 Ohio
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Stryker v. Vanderbilt 25 N.J.L. 482 1856 1 New Jersey
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Wilson v. Watts 9 Md. 356 1856 1 Maryland
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Lexington Life, Fire & Marine Insurance v. Page & Richardson 56 Ky. 412 1856 1 Kentucky
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Bailey v. Wiggins 6 Del. 299 1856 1 Delaware
Bowman v. Browning 17 Ark. 599 1856 1 Arkansas