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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McGavock v. Wood 1 Sneed 181 1853 0 Tennessee
Hallum v. Yourie 1 Sneed 369 1853 0 Tennessee
Barker v. Stacy 25 Miss. 471 1853 0 Proper notice of sale of property? Mississippi
Dupree v. Dupree 45 N.C. 164 1853 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Burnett v. Branch Bank at Mobile 22 Ala. 642 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gantt's Adm'r v. Phillips 23 Ala. 275 1853 0 Detinue Alabama
Newton v. Jackson 23 Ala. 335 1853 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Attempted murder by 3 enslaved persons Mississippi
Aikin v. Smith 1 Sneed 304 1853 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Hudson v. Helmes' Executors 23 Ala. 585 1853 0 Settlement of Guardinaship Alabama
Dixon v. Barclay 22 Ala. 370 1853 0 Contract to Remove an Enslaved Person to Texas Alabama
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
Sample v. Bell 44 N.C. 338 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Leonora v. Scott 8 La. Ann. 460 1853 0 Emancipation, wills Louisiana
Thompson v. Ross 26 Miss. 198 1853 0 Perfection of execution Mississippi
Garrison v. Fisher 26 Miss. 352 1853 0 Title to enslaved woman in estate Mississippi
Long v. Shackleford 25 Miss. 559 1853 0 Fraudulent conveyance Mississippi