Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Matthews v. Downs 54 N.C. 331 1854 0 Estates North Carolina
Thomas v. Palmer 54 N.C. 249 1854 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ray v. State 15 Ga. 223 1854 0 Murder case involving slave Georgia
Brock v. Garrett 16 Ga. 487 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Wittick v. Traun 25 Ala. 317 1854 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Barnett v. Barnett 54 N.C. 221 1854 0 Gifts North Carolina
Daniel v. Hollingshead 16 Ga. 190 1854 1 Georgia
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
McNeill v. Easley 24 Ala. 455 1854 0 Conversion of enslaved person Alabama
Sanderford v. Moore 54 N.C. 206 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia
Brinson v. Sanders 54 N.C. 210 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Mealing v. Pace 14 Ga. 596 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Agee v. State 25 Ala. 67 1854 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Smith v. Godfrey 28 N.H. 379 1854 1 New Hampshire
Dozier v. Sprouse 54 N.C. 152 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. New-York Central Railroad 18 Barb. 222 1854 1 New York