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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Alvany v. Powell 54 N.C. 35 1853 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Corbitt v. Corbitt 54 N.C. 114 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Caffey v. Davis 54 N.C. 1 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Van Winkle v. Smith 26 Miss. 491 1853 0 Fraudulent possession of enslaved persons Mississippi
Lines v. Darden 5 Fla. 51 1853 0 Loaning a Portion of an Estate of a Testator Supreme Court of FL
Union Bank v. Benham 23 Ala. 143 1853 0 Contensed Impriosnment by Habeas Corpus Alabama
State v. McNair 46 N.C. 180 1853 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Mosby's Adm'r v. Mosby's Adm'r 50 Va. 584 1853 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Robertson v. Roberts 46 N.C. 74 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Barnes v. Strong 54 N.C. 100 1853 0 Action of detinue (Wills) North Carolina
Gantt's Adm'r v. Phillips 23 Ala. 275 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Dabney v. Cottrell's Adm'x 50 Va. 572 1853 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Black v. Sanders 46 N.C. 67 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Nock v. Nock's Ex'ors 51 Va. 106 1853 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Foust v. Ireland 46 N.C. 184 1853 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Johnson v. Nations 26 Miss. 147 1853 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Mississippi
State v. Hyman 46 N.C. 59 1853 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Yates v. Cole 54 N.C. 110 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Kornegay 54 N.C. 40 1853 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Stewart v. Hargrove 23 Ala. 429 1853 0 Bankruptcy Alabama