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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wright v. Yell 13 Ark. 503 1853 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Rogers v. Diamond 13 Ark. 474 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Wooldridge v. Planter's Bank 33 Tenn. 297 1853 1 Tennessee
Edde v. Cowan 33 Tenn. 290 1853 1 Tennessee
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Contract to Remove an Enslaved Person to Texas Alabama
McMillan v. McCoy 13 Ga. 320 1853 0 Eviction of a tenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallace v. Duncan 13 Ga. 41 1853 0 Equity action for claim of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Clarke v. McClure 51 Va. 305 1853 1 Virginia
Bufford v. Holliman 10 Tex. 560 1853 0 Will & trust Texas
Creigh's Heirs v. Henson 51 Va. 231 1853 1 Virginia
Castellar v. Simmons 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 92 1853 1 Tennessee
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bank of Washington v. Hupp 51 Va. 23 1853 1 Virginia
Shivers v. Palmer 14 Ga. 342 1853 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Chegaray v. Mayor of New York 9 N.Y. Super. Ct. 521 1853 1 New York
Jones v. Obenchain 51 Va. 259 1853 1 Virginia
Pettee v. Tenn. Manufacturing Co. 33 Tenn. 381 1853 1 Tennessee
Rogers v. Atkinson 14 Ga. 320 1853 0 Equtiy Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bostick v. Winton 33 Tenn. 524 1853 1 Tennessee
Simmons v. Blackman 14 Ga. 318 1853 0 Action of promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia