Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 North Carolina
Pierce v. Cole 17 Tex. 259 1856 0 Texas
Gwynn v. Setzer 48 N.C. 382 1856 0 North Carolina
Jackson v. Stewart 20 Ga. 120 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Pollard v. Scears' Adm'r. 28 Ala. 484 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Burk 49 N.C. 7 1856 0 North Carolina
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Mississippi
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Hawthorne v. Brown 35 Tenn. 462 1856 0 Tennessee
Lea v. White 36 Tenn. 111 1856 0 Tennessee
Irons v. Reynolds 28 Ala. 305 1856 0 Alabama
Ross v. Davis 17 Ark. 113 1856 0 Arkansas
Wilson v. Smith 10 Md. 67 1856 0 Maryland
Bill v. State 29 Ala. 34 1856 0 Alabama
Gray v. Gray 20 Ga. 804 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Beeson v. Wiley, Banks & Co. 28 Ala. 575 1856 0 Alabama
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Coppedge v. Threadgill 35 Tenn. 577 1856 0 Tennessee