Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Right to proceeds from the sale of a runaway Mississippi
Tinnen v. Mebane 10 Tex. 246 1853 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Bryan's Adm'rs v. Bridge 10 Tex. 149 1853 0 Levy on slaves Texas
Bingham v. Calvert 13 Ark. 399 1853 0 Recovery for value of enslaved person Arkansas
Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan 8 La. Ann. 455 1853 0 Emancipation, marital property, wills Louisiana
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Rountree v. Brilliant Steamboat Co. 8 La. Ann. 289 1853 0 Property, death of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Contract to Remove an Enslaved Person to Texas Alabama
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Wilson v. Allen 54 N.C. 24 1853 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Campbell v. Campbell 13 Ark. 513 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Archer v. Hart 5 Fla. 234 1853 0 Court Granted Status of Freedom Supreme Court of FL
Allen v. Nordheimer 13 Ark. 339 1853 0 Action of replevin Arkansas
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bacon v. Tyner 26 Miss. 190 1853 0 Vestment of property Mississippi
Moore v. Allen 25 Miss. 363 1853 0 Liability for seizure and sale of property Mississippi
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Negligence Alabama