Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Evans v. Carey 29 Ala. 99 1856 1 Alabama
Dunkle v. Renick 6 Ohio St. 527 1856 1 Ohio
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
Sémère v. Sémère 12 La. Ann. 681 1856 0 Louisiana
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
State v. Rand 33 N.H. 216 1856 1 New Hampshire
McNeilly v. Patchin 23 Mo. 40 1856 1 Missouri
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Stow v. Bozeman's Executors 29 Ala. 397 1856 1 Alabama
Firemen's Insurance v. McMillan 29 Ala. 147 1856 1 Alabama
Bowman v. Browning 17 Ark. 599 1856 1 Arkansas
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
United States v. Durkee 25 F. Cas. 941 1856 1 United States
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Phipps v. Tarpley 31 Miss. 433 1856 1 Mississippi
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota