Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Martin v. Nash 31 Miss. 324 1856 1 Mississippi
Burgess v. Lovengood 55 N.C. 457 1856 1 North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Lafontaine v. Avaline 8 Ind. 6 1856 1 Indiana
Ramsay v. Woodard 48 N.C. 508 1856 1 North Carolina
Reese v. Kirk 29 Ala. 406 1856 1 Alabama
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Desha's Exrs. v. Robinson 17 Ark. 228 1856 1 Arkansas
Baker v. Gregory 28 Ala. 544 1856 1 Alabama
Ex parte Cole 28 Ala. 50 1856 1 Alabama
Shaw v. White 28 Ala. 637 1856 1 Alabama
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Newberry's Administrator v. Newberry's Distributees 28 Ala. 691 1856 1 Alabama
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
Peralta v. Castro 6 Cal. 354 1856 1 California
Williams v. Hill, McLane, & Co. 60 U.S. 246 1856 1 United States
Robie & Wife v. Flanders 33 N.H. 524 1856 1 New Hampshire
Martin v. State 29 Ala. 30 1856 1 Alabama
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Low v. Adams 6 Cal. 277 1856 1 California
Ex parte Banks 28 Ala. 28 1856 1 Alabama