Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Boyles' Adm'r v. Overby 52 Va. 202 1854 0 Action on the case for fraud SC of Appeals VA
Staton v. Pittman 52 Va. 99 1854 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Young v. McKinnie 5 Fla. 542 1854 0 Entitlement of a Slaves Through Personal Estate After Marriage Supreme Court of FL
Belden v. Gray 5 Fla. 504 1854 0 Bond Levying Slaves that were not Forthcoming Supreme Court of FL
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 0 Maryland
Lowe v. Lowe 6 Md. 347 1854 0 Maryland
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 0 Maryland
Cotten v. Thompson 25 Ala. 671 1854 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bridges & Co. v. Phillips 25 Ala. 136 1854 0 Dispute over Gift of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
Mealing v. Pace 14 Ga. 596 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia
Harrington v. Harrington 15 Ga. 561 1854 0 Bill for sale of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hill v. Manser 52 Va. 522 1854 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
McNeill v. Easley 24 Ala. 455 1854 0 Conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Lawson's Adm'r v. Lay's Executor 24 Ala. 184 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Smith v. Atwood 14 Ga. 402 1854 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Weems 25 Ala. 195 1854 0 Question of expiration term for Enslaved Personsto be hired out Alabama
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama