Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Tarkington v. McRea 47 N.C. 47 1854 0 Action for penalties North Carolina
Brown v. Collins 14 Ark. 421 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
State v. Porte 9 La. Ann. 105 1854 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, evidence Louisiana
Hurdle v. Outlaw 55 N.C. 75 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Heath v. Gregory 46 N.C. 417 1854 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
D'Arensbourg v. Chauvin 9 La. Ann. 98 1854 0 Property, judicial seizure, sales, res judicata, prescription Louisiana
Rives v. Toulmin 25 Ala. 452 1854 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Poythress v. Poythress 16 Ga. 406 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of georgia
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana
Dowty v. Templeton 9 La. Ann. 549 1854 0 Torts, employment, death of enslaved person Louisiana
James v. Tankersley 12 Tex. 405 1854 0 Will & trust Texas
Johnson v. McDaniel 15 Ark. 109 1854 0 Action for deceit Arkansas
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Jordan v. Jordan 16 Ga. 446 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hervy v. Armstrong 15 Ark. 162 1854 0 Action against corporal punishment Arkansas
Jenkins v. Peace 46 N.C. 413 1854 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Lewis v. Lewis 46 N.C. 444 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Buhler v. McHatton 9 La. Ann. 192 1854 0 Redhibition, sales Louisiana
Purvis v. Sherrod 12 Tex. 140 1854 0 Emancipation dispute Texas