Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. State 28 Ala. 53 1856 1 Alabama
Marshall v. Crow's Adm'r 29 Ala. 278 1856 1 Alabama
President of the Bank of Wooster v. Stevens 6 Ohio St. 262 1856 1 Ohio
People ex rel. Debenetti v. Clerk of New York Marine Court 3 Abb. Pr. 309 1856 1 New York
Field's Heirs v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 218 1856 1 Alabama
Young v. Fuller 29 Ala. 464 1856 1 Alabama
State v. Randolph 22 Mo. 474 1856 1 Missouri
Kern v. Burnham 28 Ala. 428 1856 1 Alabama
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Drake v. Foster 28 Ala. 649 1856 1 Alabama
Tifield v. Adams 3 Iowa 487 1856 1 Iowa
Franklin v. State 29 Ala. 14 1856 1 Alabama
Branch Bank v. Windham 31 Miss. 317 1856 1 Mississippi
Finch v. Ives 24 Conn. 387 1856 1 Connecticut
Lawler v. Norris 28 Ala. 675 1856 1 Alabama
Chamberlain & Co. v. Masterson 29 Ala. 299 1856 1 Alabama
Hatton's Adm'rs v. Jordan 29 Ala. 266 1856 1 Alabama
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
City of Natchez v. Vandervelde 31 Miss. 706 1856 1 Mississippi