Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Currie v. Stewart 27 Miss. 52 1854 1 Mississippi
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Indictment for Selling Liquour to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hatton v. McClish 6 Md. 407 1854 1 Maryland
Cannon v. Wood 34 Tenn. 177 1854 1 Tennessee
Merrick v. J. Boury & Sons 4 Ohio St. 60 1854 1 Ohio
Orcutt v. Nelson 67 Mass. 536 1854 1 Massachusetts
Kent v. Barker 68 Mass. 535 1854 1 Massachusetts
March v. Harrell 46 N.C. 329 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Armfield 34 Tenn. 305 1854 1 Tennessee
Garrett v. Dabney 27 Miss. 335 1854 1 Mississippi
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Colvin v. Menefee 52 Va. 87 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Steele v. Levisay 52 Va. 454 1854 1 Virginia
Sargent v. Caldwell 16 Ga. 64 1854 0 Slave contract Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Marchman v. Todd 15 Ga 15 1854 0 Recovery for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Maury v. Coleman 24 Ala. 381 1854 0 Execution of Promissory Note Alabama