Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Melton v. Watkins 24 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Identity of Defendant's Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Daniels v. Henderson 5 Fla. 452 1854 0 Remdedy Rights Against a Mortgagor Supreme Court of FL
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved man for burning of property Mississippi
Agee v. Medlock 25 Ala. 281 1854 1 Alabama
McGehee v. Gewin 25 Ala. 176 1854 1 Alabama
Hunt v. Hunt 4 Greene 216 1854 1 Iowa
Kirkland v. Oates 25 Ala. 465 1854 1 Alabama
Bulloch v. Smith 15 Ga. 395 1854 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Alabama Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Pettway 24 Ala. 544 1854 0 Foreclosure on a Deed Alabama
Fisher v. Conant 3 E.D. Smith 199 1854 1 New York
Elam v. State 25 Ala. 53 1854 1 Alabama
Woods v. Ridley 27 Miss. 119 1854 0 Right of administrator to hire enslaved persons and rent land Mississippi
Ex parte Small 25 Ala. 74 1854 1 Alabama
Brown v. Beason 24 Ala. 466 1854 1 Alabama
Preston v. Dunn 25 Ala. 507 1854 1 Alabama
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Entitlement to alimony after divorce Mississippi
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Whether equity was attached on promissory note for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware