Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Steele v. Mealing 24 Ala. 285 1854 0 Dispute over Mortgage Alabama
McElhaney v. State 24 Ala. 71 1854 0 Harboring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Tarleton v. Johnson 25 Ala. 300 1854 1 Alabama
Parker v. McCoy 51 Va. 594 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Parramore v. Taylor 52 Va. 220 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cheshire v. Purcell 52 Va. 771 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bridgewater v. Gordon 34 Tenn. 5 1854 0 Tennessee
Swinney v. Dorman 25 Ala. 433 1854 1 Alabama
Bush & Co. v. Jackson 24 Ala. 273 1854 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Duncan v. Stewart 25 Ala. 408 1854 0 Trust & estate Alabama
Bank of St. Marys v. St. John, Powers & Co. 25 Ala. 566 1854 1 Alabama
Carey v. McDougald's Adm'r 25 Ala. 109 1854 1 Alabama
Ware v. Cowles 24 Ala. 446 1854 1 Alabama
Earle v. Reid 25 Ala. 463 1854 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Martin's Executrix v. Martin 25 Ala. 201 1854 0 Trover for conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Jordan v. Stewart 23 Pa. 244 1854 1 Pennsylvania
Lanier v. Driver 24 Ala. 149 1854 0 Will & trust Alabama
Montgomery v. Givhan 24 Ala. 568 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hunt v. Hunt 4 Greene 216 1854 1 Iowa
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee