Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Stallings v. Finch 25 Ala. 518 1854 0 Conversion Alabama
Sherrod's Executors v. Hampton 25 Ala. 652 1854 1 Alabama
Bruner v. Sherley 27 Miss. 407 1854 0 Vestment of title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Lawson's Adm'r v. Lay's Executor 24 Ala. 184 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Prichard v. Martin 27 Miss. 305 1854 0 Overseer sues his employer for not allowing him to perform his contract Mississippi
Wall v. Wall 28 Miss. 409 1854 0 Whether enslaved persons are part of an estate Mississippi
Vaugh v. Cox 27 Miss. 701 1854 0 Injunction preventing the removal of enslaved persons from the state Mississippi
Butler v. Spann 27 Miss. 234 1854 0 Entitlement to possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
Reese v. Beck 24 Ala. 651 1854 0 Detinue Alabama
Eskridge v. State 25 Ala. 30 1854 0 Indictment for the Crime of Mayhem Alabama
Jayne v. Dillon 28 Miss. 283 1854 0 Replevin Mississippi
Hairston v. Hairston 27 Miss. 704 1854 0 Whether wife is entitled to the distribution of husbands property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Dozier v. Lewis 27 Miss. 679 1854 0 Lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at Decatur 25 Ala. 161 1854 0 Right of Property Alabama
Cotten v. Thompson 25 Ala. 671 1854 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bridges & Co. v. Phillips 25 Ala. 136 1854 0 Dispute over Gift of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Johnston v. Dick 27 Miss. 277 1854 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Cantzon's Lessee v. Dorr 27 Miss. 245 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Mississippi
Hill v. McLaurin 28 Miss. 288 1854 0 Whether contract for sale of enslaved persons and property was valid Mississippi