Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rives v. Baptiste 25 Ala. 382 1854 0 Will & trust Alabama
Jordan v. Jordan 16 Ga. 446 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Action of trespass to personal property Arkansas
Whitaker v. Strong 16 Ga. 81 1854 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Ashburn v. Ashburn 16 Ga. 213 1854 0 Will and executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Probate dispute Arkansas
Biscoe v. Sandefur 14 Ark. 568 1854 0 Sale dispute Arkansas
Isbell v. Maclin 24 Ala. 315 1854 0 Debt dispute Alabama
The Glamorgan 10 F. Cas. 463 1854 0 Alleged violation of anti-slave trade statute United States
Gwin v. Williams 27 Miss. 324 1854 1 Mississippi
Green, Tracy & Co. v. Ingram 16 Ga. 164 1854 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Elam v. State 25 Ala. 53 1854 1 Alabama
Beall v. Blake 16 Ga. 119 1854 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Golding v. Golding's Adm'r 24 Ala. 122 1854 0 Will & trust Alabama
Ragan v. Gray 27 Miss. 645 1854 0 Whether equity was attached on promissory note for purchase of plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Lawson v. Shotwell 27 Miss. 630 1854 0 Entitlement to alimony after divorce Mississippi
Bailey v. Pearson 29 N.H. 77 1854 1 New Hampshire
Nash v. Smallwood 6 Md. 394 1854 0 Maryland
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Action to enjoin the sale of a enslaved person Arkansas