Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Michaux's Adm'r v. Brown 51 Va. 612 1854 1 Virginia
Turner v. Smith 11 Tex. 620 1854 1 Recovery of a slave Texas
Turner v. Cole 24 Ala. 364 1854 1 Alabama
State v. Justices of the Inferior Court 15 Ga. 408 1854 0 indictment for selling liquor to slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Collins 14 Ark. 421 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Johnson v. McDaniel 15 Ark. 109 1854 0 Action for deceit Arkansas
Woods v. Ridley 27 Miss. 119 1854 0 Right of administrator to hire enslaved persons and rent land Mississippi
Jesse v. State 28 Miss. 100 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved man for burning of property Mississippi
Rix v. Nevins 26 Vt. 384 1854 1 Vermont
Poythress v. Poythress 16 Ga. 406 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of georgia
Beall v. Blake 16 Ga. 119 1854 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hervy v. Armstrong 15 Ark. 162 1854 0 Action against corporal punishment Arkansas
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Action to enjoin the sale of a enslaved person Arkansas
Green, Tracy & Co. v. Ingram 16 Ga. 164 1854 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Nash v. Smallwood 6 Md. 394 1854 0 Maryland
Walton v. Bonham 24 Ala. 513 1854 1 Alabama
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 "preceding part of the charge related to certain offences under the acts of congress against the slave-trade" - only mention of slavery United States
Jordan v. Jordan 16 Ga. 446 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware