Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Napier v. Barry 24 Ala. 511 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Crabb's Administrator v. Thomas 25 Ala. 212 1854 0 Suit over Estate Alabama
Martin's Executrix v. Martin 25 Ala. 201 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Conversion Alabama
Matthews v. Downs 54 N.C. 331 1854 0 Estates North Carolina
Berry v. Bacon 28 Miss. 318 1854 0 Execution of deed of trust Mississippi
Frazer's Adm'r v. Bevill 52 Va. 9 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Parramore v. Taylor 52 Va. 220 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cannon v. Phillips 2 Sneed 185 1854 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Colvin v. Menefee 52 Va. 87 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Slaughter v. Cunningham 24 Ala. 260 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Pond v. Wadsworth 24 Ala. 531 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Prater v. Miller 25 Ala. 320 1854 0 Action to determine validity of a verbal contract Alabama
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Whether enslaved persons are part of an estate Mississippi
Spivey v. McGehee 24 Ala. 476 1854 0 Foreclosure Mortgage on Enslaved Persons Alabama
Herndon v. Higgs 15 Ark. 389 1854 0 Debt dispute Arkansas
Cheshire v. Purcell 52 Va. 771 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA