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
Pinckard v. Pinckard's Heirs 23 Ala. 649 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Spruill v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance 46 N.C. 126 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Thomason v. Odum 23 Ala. 480 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Jessup v. Jessup 45 N.C. 179 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wilson v. Farquharson 5 Md. 134 1853 0 Maryland
Bingham v. Calvert 13 Ark. 399 1853 0 Recovery for value of enslaved person Arkansas
Calhoun v. Rail 26 Miss. 414 1853 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Long v. Shackleford 25 Miss. 559 1853 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi
Whitsett, Garner & Co. v. Slater 23 Ala. 626 1853 0 Levy of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Graham v. Graham's Ex'r 45 N.C. 291 1853 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lay's Executor v. Lawson's Adm'r 23 Ala. 377 1853 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Mims v. Sturdevant 23 Ala. 664 1853 0 Property dispute Alabama
Sample v. Bell 44 N.C. 338 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Dupree v. Dupree 45 N.C. 164 1853 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Adams v. Routh 8 La. Ann. 121 1853 0 Emancipation, donations, property, wills Louisiana
State v. Kentuck 8 La. Ann. 308 1853 0 Criminal law, capital punishment Louisiana
Miller v. Holcombe's Ex'or 50 Va. 665 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA