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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Furlow's Adm'r v. Merrell 23 Ala. 705 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Mason v. Moody 26 Miss. 184 1853 0 Status of mortgage Mississippi
McGavock v. Wood 1 Sneed 181 1853 0 Tennessee
Union Bank v. Benham 23 Ala. 143 1853 0 Contensed Impriosnment by Habeas Corpus Alabama
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
Smith v. Kornegay 54 N.C. 40 1853 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Steele v. Wyatt's Adm'r 23 Ala. 764 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Watkins v. Barnes 1 Sneed 201 1853 0 Tennessee
Black v. Sanders 46 N.C. 67 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Lines v. Darden 5 Fla. 51 1853 0 Loaning a Portion of an Estate of a Testator Supreme Court of FL
Davis v. Fitchett 5 Fla. 261 1853 0 Suit of a Freed Slave Supreme Court of FL
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee
McKay v. Lane 5 Fla. 268 1853 0 Alleged "Unsoundness" of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Forsyth v. Perry 5 Fla. 337 1853 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Foust v. Ireland 46 N.C. 184 1853 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Yates v. Cole 54 N.C. 110 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Hyman 46 N.C. 59 1853 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Perkins v. Hackleman 26 Miss. 41 1853 0 Trespass Mississippi
Thompson v. Ross 26 Miss. 198 1853 0 Perfection of execution Mississippi