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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Wupperman 13 Tex. 33 1854 0 Indictment for failure to produce slave Texas
Holton v. Adcock 27 Miss. 758 1854 1 Mississippi
Earp v. Earp 54 N.C. 239 1854 1 North Carolina
Weight v. Henderson 12 Tex. 43 1854 0 Trial for the right of property Texas
Augusta Insurance v. Packwood 9 La. Ann. 74 1854 0 Insolvency, debts, property, mortgages, res judicata Louisiana
Tarkington v. McRea 47 N.C. 47 1854 0 Action for penalties North Carolina
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327 1854 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Alexander v. Pringle 27 Miss. 558 1854 1 Mississippi
De Young v. De Young 9 La. Ann. 545 1854 0 Marital property, debts, promissory notes, fraud Louisiana
Hurdle v. Outlaw 55 N.C. 75 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Stewart v. City of New Orleans 9 La. Ann. 461 1854 0 Police brutality, property, murder of enslaved person, municipal liability Louisiana
Hoover v. Pierce 27 Miss. 13 1854 1 Mississippi
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Dufief v. Boykin 9 La. Ann. 295 1854 0 Sales, property, judicial seizure, mortgages, possessory rights, eviction Louisiana
Franklin v. Beatty 27 Miss. 347 1854 1 Mississippi
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana
Gilmore v. Gilmore 9 La. Ann. 197 1854 0 Successions, property, sales, partition Louisiana
Bird v. Vail 9 La. Ann. 176 1854 0 Emancipation, successions, wills Louisiana
Bendall's Distributees v. Bendall's Adm'r 24 Ala. 295 1854 1 Alabama
Dowty v. Templeton 9 La. Ann. 549 1854 0 Torts, employment, death of enslaved person Louisiana