Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McNeill v. Easley 24 Ala. 455 1854 0 Conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Ryburn v. Pryor 14 Ark. 505 1854 0 Action of trover Arkansas
Folsom v. Fowler 15 Ark. 280 1854 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Crabb's Administrator v. Thomas 25 Ala. 212 1854 0 Suit over Estate Alabama
Herndon v. Higgs 15 Ark. 389 1854 0 Debt dispute Arkansas
Nixon v. Robbins 24 Ala. 663 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Downey v. Barnett 27 Miss. 409 1854 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons to be sold to execute deed Mississippi
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Lawson's Adm'r v. Lay's Executor 24 Ala. 184 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
McElhaney v. State 24 Ala. 71 1854 0 Harboring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Freeman v. Flood 16 Ga. 528 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Whether wife is entitled to the distribution of husbands property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Reese v. Beck 24 Ala. 651 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Action for Attempting to Assist Enslaved Persons to Escape Alabama
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Indictment for Selling Liquour to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Blagg v. Hunter 15 Ark. 246 1854 0 Deed dispute Arkansas