Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Hill, McLane, & Co. 60 U.S. 246 1856 1 United States
President of the Bank of Wooster v. Stevens 6 Ohio St. 262 1856 1 Ohio
City of Natchez v. Vandervelde 31 Miss. 706 1856 1 Mississippi
Reese v. Kirk 29 Ala. 406 1856 1 Alabama
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Ex parte Cole 28 Ala. 50 1856 1 Alabama
Field's Heirs v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 218 1856 1 Alabama
Ex parte Banks 28 Ala. 28 1856 1 Alabama
Kirkman, Abernathy & Hanna v. Benham 28 Ala. 501 1856 1 Alabama
Newberry's Administrator v. Newberry's Distributees 28 Ala. 691 1856 1 Alabama
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Ward v. State 28 Ala. 53 1856 1 Alabama
Adams v. Adams 29 Ala. 433 1856 1 Alabama
Marshall v. Crow's Adm'r 29 Ala. 278 1856 1 Alabama
Partridge v. Forsyth 29 Ala. 200 1856 1 Alabama
Robie & Wife v. Flanders 33 N.H. 524 1856 1 New Hampshire
Thompson's Adm'r v. Christian 28 Ala. 399 1856 1 Alabama