Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Frazier v. Miller 16 Ill. 48 1854 1 Illinois
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Langlois v. Buffalo & Rochester Rail Road 19 Barb. 364 1854 1 New York
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
Williams v. State 34 Tenn. 160 1854 1 Tennessee
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York