Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Carey v. McDougald's Adm'r 25 Ala. 109 1854 1 Alabama
Ware v. Cowles 24 Ala. 446 1854 1 Alabama
Erwin v. Erwin 25 Ala. 236 1854 1 Alabama
Ex parte Small 25 Ala. 74 1854 1 Alabama
Rix v. Nevins 26 Vt. 384 1854 1 Vermont
Preston v. Dunn 25 Ala. 507 1854 1 Alabama
McLeod v. Johnson 28 Miss. 374 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Clement v. Clement 54 N.C. 184 1854 0 Trusts North Carolina
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Avery v. Avery 12 Tex. 54 1854 0 Suit to recover a slave Texas
Hall v. Bergen 19 Barb. 122 1854 1 New York
Bendall's Distributees v. Bendall's Adm'r 24 Ala. 295 1854 1 Alabama
Bell v. Bowen 46 N.C. 316 1854 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Biddle v. Hoyt 54 N.C. 159 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Raby v. Batiste 27 Miss. 731 1854 0 Whether there was authority to convey property to the son of an enslaved man (?) Mississippi
Joiner v. Joiner 55 N.C. 68 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hoover v. Pierce 27 Miss. 13 1854 1 Mississippi
Harder v. Archer 28 Miss. 212 1854 0 Posession of enslaved persons in estate. Mississippi
Murphey v. Menard 11 Tex. 673 1854 1 Texas
Prestige v. Pendleton 28 Miss. 379 1854 1 Mississippi