Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cook v. Parham 24 Ala. 21 1853 0 Negligence Alabama
Crouch v. Hall 15 Ill. 263 1853 1 Illinois
Governor v. Perrine 23 Ala. 807 1853 1 Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 24 Ala. 9 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Archer v. Hart 5 Fla. 234 1853 0 Court Granted Status of Freedom Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Parks 22 Ala. 446 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Bank of St. Mary’s v. State 12 Ga. 475 1853 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court
Glenn v. Spry 5 Md. 110 1853 0 Maryland
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Chapman ex rel. Leavitt v. Smith 57 U.S. 114 1853 1 United States
Allen v. Smith 22 Ala. 416 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Whitmore v. Bowman 4 Greene 148 1853 1 Iowa
Crocker v. Clements' Adm'r 23 Ala. 296 1853 1 Alabama
Garner v. Johnson 22 Ala. 494 1853 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
White v. Word 22 Ala. 442 1853 1 Alabama
Rainey v. Capps 22 Ala. 288 1853 1 Alabama
Armstrong v. Stovall 26 Miss. 275 1853 0 Fraudulent estate? Mississippi
Bacon v. Tyner 26 Miss. 190 1853 0 Vestment of property Mississippi
Moore v. Allen 25 Miss. 363 1853 0 Liability for seizure and sale of property Mississippi