Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McLemore v. McClellan 17 Tex. 122 1856 0 Texas
Fiser v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad 32 Miss. 359 1856 1 Mississippi
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Lusk v. Lewis 32 Miss. 297 1856 1 Mississippi
Hamilton v. Moore 32 Miss. 625 1856 1 Mississippi
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Adwell v. Commonwealth 56 Ky. 310 1856 1 Kentucky
United States v. Gideon 1 Minn. 292 1856 1 Minnesota
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
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Richards v. Patterson 30 Miss. 583 1856 1 Mississippi
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Martel v. Martel 17 Tex. 391 1856 1 Texas