Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
United States v. Durkee 25 F. Cas. 941 1856 1 United States
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Louisiana
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
McCloskey v. Cyphert 27 Pa. 220 1856 1 Pennsylvania
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Provan v. Percy 11 La. Ann. 179 1856 0 Louisiana
Brack v. Wood 11 La. Ann. 512 1856 0 Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fourth District Court of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 696 1856 0 Louisiana
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Stalls v. State 28 Ala. 25 1856 1 Alabama
Cheek v. Bellows 17 Tex. 613 1856 0 Texas
Northern Railway Co. of France v. Carpentier 4 Abb. Pr. 47 1856 1 New York
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Lacey v. Davis & McFarren 4 Mich. 140 1856 1 Michigan
Doe ex dem. Saltonstall v. Riley 28 Ala. 164 1856 1 Alabama
Walker v. Paine 2 E.D. Smith 662 1856 1 New York
Stryker v. Vanderbilt 25 N.J.L. 482 1856 1 New Jersey