Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burton v. Holley 29 Ala. 318 1856 0 Alabama
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Gwynn v. Hamilton's Adm'r 29 Ala. 233 1856 0 Alabama
Mastin v. Cullom & Co. 28 Ala. 670 1856 0 Alabama
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Stewart v. Richardson 32 Miss. 313 1856 1 Mississippi
Miller v. Leflore 32 Miss. 634 1856 1 Mississippi
Houston v. Crutcher 31 Miss. 51 1856 1 Mississippi
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina