Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Small 25 Ala. 74 1854 1 Alabama
Bailey v. Pearson 29 N.H. 77 1854 1 New Hampshire
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Identity of Defendant's Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Del. 439 1854 0 An trial over whether an enslaved person was being illegally transferred Delaware
Biscoe v. Sandefur 14 Ark. 568 1854 0 Sale dispute Arkansas
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Action to enjoin the sale of a enslaved person Arkansas
Hervy v. Armstrong 15 Ark. 162 1854 0 Action against corporal punishment Arkansas
Johnson v. McDaniel 15 Ark. 109 1854 0 Action for deceit Arkansas
Brown v. Collins 14 Ark. 421 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Fisher v. Conant 3 E.D. Smith 199 1854 1 New York
Davis v. Moody 15 Ga. 175 1854 0 Conveyance of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Merrick & Fenno v. Hutt 15 Ark. 331 1854 1 Arkansas
State v. Windsor 5 Del. 512 1854 0 Witness to a homicide Delaware
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
Perry v. Merchants' Insurance 25 Ala. 355 1854 1 Alabama
Ashburn v. Ashburn 16 Ga. 213 1854 0 Will and executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Rives v. Toulmin 25 Ala. 452 1854 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Hill, McLean & Co. v. Rucker 14 Ark. 706 1854 1 Arkansas
The Glamorgan 10 F. Cas. 463 1854 0 Alleged violation of anti-slave trade statute United States
Erwin v. Erwin 25 Ala. 236 1854 1 Alabama