Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Fatheree v. Fletcher 31 Miss. 265 1856 0 Mississippi
Boyden v. Lancaster 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 198 1856 1 Virginia
Cason v. Cason 31 Miss. 578 1856 1 Mississippi
Falkner v. Streator 56 N.C. 33 1856 0 North Carolina
Houston v. Crutcher 31 Miss. 51 1856 1 Mississippi
Ballard v. Davis 31 Miss. 525 1856 1 Mississippi
Turner v. Fisher 36 Tenn. 209 1856 0 Tennessee
Fitzgerald v. Vestal 36 Tenn. 258 1856 0 Tennessee
Ruff v. Smith 31 Miss. 59 1856 1 Mississippi
Lowe v. Carter 55 N.C. 377 1856 0 North Carolina
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 North Carolina
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 North Carolina
Elliott v. Pool 56 N.C. 17 1856 0 North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Lafontaine v. Avaline 8 Ind. 6 1856 1 Indiana
Bevan v. Byrd 48 N.C. 397 1856 1 North Carolina
Williams v. Hill, McLane, & Co. 60 U.S. 246 1856 1 United States
Brown v. Fifield 4 Mich. 322 1856 1 Michigan
Bell & Co. v. Thomas 2 Iowa 384 1856 1 Iowa
Rankin v. Harper 23 Mo. 579 1856 1 Missouri
Ward v. State 28 Ala. 53 1856 1 Alabama