Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Dew v. Cunningham 28 Ala. 466 1856 1 Alabama
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Houston v. Crutcher 31 Miss. 51 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Richardson 32 Miss. 313 1856 1 Mississippi
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Lusk v. Lewis 32 Miss. 297 1856 1 Mississippi
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota