Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Mealing v. Pace 14 Ga. 596 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bridges & Co. v. Phillips 25 Ala. 136 1854 0 Dispute over Gift of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Crawford's Ex'or v. Patterson 52 Va. 364 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Carter v. Carter 28 Miss. 326 1854 0 Bond on enslaved persons in estate (?) Mississippi