Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nichols v. Bell 46 N.C. 32 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
McBoyle v. Hanks 46 N.C. 133 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Houser 44 N.C. 410 1853 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
State v. Abernathy 44 N.C. 428 1853 0 Indictment for buying and receiving goods from a slave North Carolina
Green v. Allen 44 N.C. 228 1853 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Doe ex dem. Cobb v. Hines 44 N.C. 343 1853 0 Property Interests North Carolina
McKay v. Flowers 44 N.C. 211 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Doe ex dem. Boyd v. Latham 44 N.C. 365 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Campbell v. Campbell 13 Ark. 513 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Shivers v. Palmer 14 Ga. 342 1853 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Jamison v. May 13 Ark. 600 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Mims v. Sturdevant 23 Ala. 664 1853 0 Property dispute Alabama
Hooper v. Chism 13 Ark. 496 1853 0 Warranty dispute Arkansas
Bingham v. Calvert 13 Ark. 399 1853 0 Recovery for value of enslaved person Arkansas
Pleasant v. State 13 Ark. 360 1853 0 Indictment against enslaved person for rape Arkansas
Fields v. Walker 23 Ala. 155 1853 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Viser v. Bertrand 14 Ark. 267 1853 0 Contract dispute Arkansas