Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hudson v. Helmes' Executors 23 Ala. 585 1853 0 Settlement of Guardinaship Alabama
Cobb v. Hines 44 N.C. 350 1853 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Leiper v. Hoffman 26 Miss. 615 1853 0 Formerly enslaved woman's right to property bequeathed to her Mississippi
Perkins v. Hackleman 26 Miss. 41 1853 0 Trespass Mississippi
Foster's Adm'r v. Fosters 51 Va. 485 1853 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
A. & J. Dennistoun & Co. v. Potts 26 Miss. 13 1853 0 Insufficient registration of mortgage Mississippi
Forbes v. Hunter 46 N.C. 231 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Croom v. Whitfield 45 N.C. 143 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thigpen v. Pitt 54 N.C. 49 1853 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wright v. Bowden 54 N.C. 15 1853 0 Suit in equitt North Carolina
Foster v. Sykes 23 Ala. 796 1853 0 Recovery for an Enslaved Person's Medical Services Alabama
Henderson v. Henderson 46 N.C. 221 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Taylor v. Rickman 45 N.C. 278 1853 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Waul v. Kirkman 25 Miss. 609 1853 0 Payment of debts secured by enslaved persons Mississippi
McNeely v. Steele 45 N.C. 240 1853 0 Trusts North Carolina
Handy v. Johnson 5 Md. 450 1853 0 Maryland
Archer v. Jones 26 Miss. 583 1853 0 Account for hire of enslaved persons Mississippi
Frelick v. Turner 26 Miss. 393 1853 0 Guardian exceeding amount of ward's estate by hiring enslaved person Mississippi
Phillips v. McLaughlin 26 Miss. 597 1853 0 Delivery of property Mississippi
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee