Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Greer v. Greers 50 Va. 330 1852 1 Virginia
Bull v. Schuberth 2 Md. 38 1852 1 Maryland
Simpson v. Hiatt 35 N.C. 470 1852 1 North Carolina
Borden v. Thorpe 35 N.C. 298 1852 1 North Carolina
Boyle v. Parker 3 Md. Ch. 42 1852 1 Maryland
Lawrence v. Kitteridge 21 Conn. 577 1852 1 Connecticut
Neel v. Neel 19 Pa. 323 1852 1 Pennsylvania
Van Eppes v. Smith 21 Ala. 317 1852 1 Alabama
Kennerly v. Wilson 2 Md. 245 1852 1 Maryland
Dahlgren v. Peale 24 Miss. 142 1852 1 Mississippi
Collier v. Slaughter's Adm'r 20 Ala. 263 1852 1 Alabama
Walston's Lessee v. White 5 Md. 297 1853 1 Maryland
Curtis v. Blair 26 Miss. 309 1853 1 Mississippi
Ex parte Ruthven 17 Mo. 541 1853 1 Missouri
Williams v. Simmons 22 Ala. 425 1853 1 Alabama
Plunkett v. Kelly 22 Ala. 655 1853 1 Alabama
Rogers v. Wilson 13 Ark. 507 1853 1 Arkansas
Mercier v. Canonge 8 La. Ann. 37 1853 1 Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Chapman 65 Mass. 422 1853 1 Massachusetts
Dockum v. Robinson 26 N.H. 372 1853 1 New Hampshire