Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Malaun's Adm'r v. Ammon 1 Grant 123 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Scheferling v. Huffman 4 Ohio St. 242 1854 1 Ohio
Dechard v. Edwards 34 Tenn. 93 1854 1 Tennessee
Brevard v. Neely 34 Tenn. 164 1854 1 Tennessee
Newland v. Newland 46 N.C. 463 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Rowland v. Partin 54 N.C. 257 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lamb v. Pigford 54 N.C. 195 1854 0 Trusts North Carolina
Commissioners of Washington v. Frank 46 N.C. 436 1854 0 Municipal Ordinances North Carolina
Thompson v. Bryan 46 N.C. 340 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Campbell v. Smith 54 N.C. 156 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Johnson v. Tuggle 27 Miss. 836 1854 1 Mississippi
John Henderson & Co. v. Clarke 27 Miss. 436 1854 0 Authority of administrator to sell enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Lewis v. Lewis 46 N.C. 444 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Jenkins v. Peace 46 N.C. 413 1854 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Anderson v. Arrington 54 N.C. 215 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Green v. Dibble 46 N.C. 332 1854 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
McLean v. Nelson 46 N.C. 396 1854 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Knight v. Wilmington & Manchester Railroad 46 N.C. 357 1854 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Shirley v. Shattuck 28 Miss. 13 1854 0 Transfer of enslaved persons as trust property Mississippi