Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spruill v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance 46 N.C. 126 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Hamlin v. Mebane 54 N.C. 18 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Graham v. Graham's Ex'r 45 N.C. 291 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jessup v. Jessup 45 N.C. 179 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
DeCourcy, Lafourcade & Co. v. Barr 45 N.C. 181 1853 1 North Carolina
Sales v. Woodin 8 How. Pr. 349 1853 1 New York
Roberts v. McMahan 4 Greene 34 1853 1 Iowa
Smith v. State 22 Ala. 54 1853 1 Alabama
Barrow v. Bailey 5 Fla. 9 1853 0 Sale of 78 Slaves to Pay off Debt Supreme Court of FL
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Latimer v. Alexander 14 Ga. 259 1853 0 Action brought for payment for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Parks 22 Ala. 446 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Negligence Alabama
Wilson v. Lott 5 Fla. 305 1853 0 Alleged Fraud over a Sale of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Chapman ex rel. Leavitt v. Smith 57 U.S. 114 1853 1 United States
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Trespass for the beating of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Moore v. Allen 25 Miss. 363 1853 0 Liability for seizure and sale of property Mississippi
Bacon v. Tyner 26 Miss. 190 1853 0 Vestment of property Mississippi
McGriff v. Porter 5 Fla. 373 1853 0 Dispute over the Execution of a Loan Supreme Court of FL
Whitmore v. Bowman 4 Greene 148 1853 1 Iowa