Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Waters 39 Me. 54 1854 1 Maine
Farish & Co. v. Reigle 52 Va. 697 1854 1 Virginia
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
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
Rix v. Nevins 26 Vt. 384 1854 1 Vermont
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Action for Attempting to Assist Enslaved Persons to Escape Alabama
Commonwealth v. Hilliard 68 Mass. 294 1854 1 Massachusetts
Murphey v. Menard 11 Tex. 673 1854 1 Texas
Baker v. Hollobaugh 15 Ark. 322 1854 1 Arkansas
Love v. Graham 25 Ala. 187 1854 0 Dispute over Marriage Contract Alabama
Perry v. Marsh 25 Ala. 659 1854 0 Dispute over Injury of Enslaved Person Alabama
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Reese v. Beck 24 Ala. 651 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Brittain v. Quiet 54 N.C. 328 1854 1 North Carolina
Fuller v. Parrish 3 Mich. 211 1854 1 Michigan