Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peters v. Grubb 21 Pa. 455 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Succession of Smith 8 La. Ann. 57 1853 1 Louisiana
Bush v. Cooper 26 Miss. 599 1853 1 Mississippi
Rainey v. Capps 22 Ala. 288 1853 1 Alabama
Bingaman v. Robertson 25 Miss. 390 1853 1 Mississippi
American Bible Society v. Executors of Hollister 54 N.C. 10 1853 1 North Carolina
Doe on the Demise of Marshall v. Fisher 46 N.C. 111 1853 1 North Carolina
Miles v. Miles 27 N.H. 440 1853 1 New Hampshire
McGrath v. Hoopes 26 Miss. 496 1853 1 Mississippi
Grey's Heirs v. Grey's Adm'rs 22 Ala. 233 1853 1 Alabama
State v. Moore 26 N.H. 448 1853 1 New Hampshire
Poindexter v. Gibson 54 N.C. 44 1853 1 North Carolina
Herod v. Bartley 15 Ill. 58 1853 1 Illinois
Bellamy v. Shelton 26 Miss. 250 1853 1 Mississippi
Steen v. Steen 25 Miss. 513 1853 1 Mississippi
Ganaway v. State 22 Ala. 772 1853 1 Alabama
Harriss v. Lee 46 N.C. 225 1853 1 North Carolina
Stone v. Stroud 40 S.C.L. 306 1853 1 South Carolina
Chapman ex rel. Leavitt v. Smith 57 U.S. 114 1853 1 United States
Mercier v. Canonge 8 La. Ann. 37 1853 1 Louisiana