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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins v. Peace 46 N.C. 413 1854 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Lewis v. Lewis 46 N.C. 444 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Rowland v. Partin 54 N.C. 257 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Newland v. Newland 46 N.C. 463 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wilson v. Hendricks 54 N.C. 295 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Sharpe v. Campbell 46 N.C. 520 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wilson v. Mace 55 N.C. 5 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Action to recover a slave Texas
Parr v. Gibbons 27 Miss. 375 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved girl Mississippi
Frizell v. White 27 Miss. 198 1854 0 Right to replevin of enslaved persons Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Harder v. Archer 28 Miss. 212 1854 0 Posession of enslaved persons in estate. Mississippi
Nicholls v. Holmes 46 N.C. 360 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 9 La. Ann. 9 1854 0 Kidnapping, emancipation Louisiana
Succession of Eubanks 9 La. Ann. 147 1854 0 Wills, revocation of wills Louisiana
Desobry v. Carmena 9 La. Ann. 180 1854 0 Mortgages, property, judicial seizure Louisiana
State v. Lethe 9 La. Ann. 182 1854 0 Criminal law, jurisdiction Louisiana
Percy v. Percy 9 La. Ann. 185 1854 0 Mortgages, sales, marital property Louisiana