Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bridgewater v. Gordon 34 Tenn. 5 1854 0 Tennessee
Austin v. State 14 Ark. 555 1854 0 Confession of murder - dispute Arkansas
Welch v. Cole 14 Ark. 400 1854 0 Petition for dower Arkansas
March v. Harrell 46 N.C. 329 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
John v. State 16 Ga. 200 1854 0 Trial of slave for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Bush & Co. v. Jackson 24 Ala. 273 1854 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Manning v. Manning 24 Ala. 386 1854 0 Martial property dispute Alabama
Sanderford v. Moore 54 N.C. 206 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Indictment for Selling Liquour to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Starr v. State 25 Ala. 49 1854 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Prichard v. Martin 27 Miss. 305 1854 0 Overseer sues his employer for not allowing him to perform his contract Mississippi
Brock v. Garrett 16 Ga. 487 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
McNeill v. Easley 24 Ala. 455 1854 0 Conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Phillips v. State ex rel. Saunders 15 Ga. 518 1854 0 Possessory warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Dunn v. State 15 Ga. 419 1854 0 Indictment for trading with a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
McCartney v. King 25 Ala. 681 1854 0 Enforce Vendor's Lien for Purhcase of Land Alabama
Bennett v. Woolfolk 15 Ga. 213 1854 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bruner v. Sherley 27 Miss. 407 1854 0 Vestment of title to enslaved persons Mississippi