Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cleland v. Watson 51 Va. 159 1853 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Roberts v. King 51 Va. 184 1853 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
McGavock v. Wood 1 Sneed 181 1853 0 Tennessee
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee
Watkins v. Barnes 1 Sneed 201 1853 0 Tennessee
Phllips v. Martiney's Ex'or 51 Va. 333 1853 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA
Joynes v. Wartman 5 Md. 195 1853 0 Maryland
Dewitt v. Schoonmaker 9 N.Y. 371 1853 1 New York
State v. Conway 18 Mo. 321 1853 1 Missouri
Cannon v. Benson 26 Miss. 395 1853 1 Mississippi
New Jersey Railroad v. Kennard 21 Pa. 203 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Barney ex rel. Woodhull v. Saunders 57 U.S. 535 1853 1 United States
Wallace v. Duncan 13 Ga. 41 1853 0 Equity action for claim of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
McMillan v. McCoy 13 Ga. 320 1853 0 Eviction of a tenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Decuir v. Veazey 8 La. Ann. 453 1853 1 Louisiana
Foster's Adm'r v. Fosters 51 Va. 485 1853 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Logan v. Phillips 18 Mo. 22 1853 0 Missouri
Woodward v. Ledoux 8 La. Ann. 85 1853 1 Louisiana
Long v. McDougald’s Adm’r 23 Ala. 413 1853 1 Alabama
Rawls v. Doe ex dem. Kennedy 23 Ala. 240 1853 1 Alabama