Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watt v. Johnson 49 N.C. 190 1856 1 North Carolina
Larey v. Beazley 30 S.C. Eq. 119 1856 1 South Carolina
Provan v. Percy 11 La. Ann. 179 1856 0 Louisiana
Saufley v. Jackson 16 Tex. 579 1856 0 Texas
Gee v. Gee 32 Miss. 190 1856 1 Mississippi
State v. Judge of the Fourth District Court of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 696 1856 0 Louisiana
Stokes v. Forman 12 La. Ann. 671 1856 0 Louisiana
Johnson v. Murphy 17 Tex. 216 1856 0 Texas
Morrow v. Higgins 29 Ala. 448 1856 1 Alabama
Doe on the demise of Newlin v. Osborne 49 N.C. 157 1856 1 North Carolina
Gadsden v. Raysor 43 S.C.L. 276 1856 1 South Carolina
McNeilly v. Patchin 23 Mo. 40 1856 1 Missouri
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Doty v. Moore 16 Tex. 591 1856 0 Texas
Jiggitts v. Bennett 31 Miss. 610 1856 1 Mississippi
Bacon v. Ventress 32 Miss. 158 1856 1 Mississippi
State v. Rand 33 N.H. 216 1856 1 New Hampshire
Ryan v. Dayton 25 Conn. 188 1856 1 Connecticut
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
Jackson v. Stewart 20 Ga. 120 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia