Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
Parish v. Gates 29 Ala. 254 1856 0 Alabama
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Civil Ohio
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
Arnold v. Barrow's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 1 1856 0 Special Ct of Appeals VA
McNeilly v. Patchin 23 Mo. 40 1856 1 Missouri
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Penley v. Waterhouse 3 Iowa 418 1856 1 Iowa
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 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
Dobbin v. Hubbard 17 Ark. 189 1856 0 Arkansas
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Mesick v. Sunderland 6 Cal. 297 1856 1 California
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina