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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cooper v. Summers 1 Sneed 453 1853 0 Tennessee
Aikin v. Smith 1 Sneed 304 1853 0 Tennessee
Gayle v. Bancroft's Adm'r 22 Ala. 648 1853 0 Alabama
Waring v. Moseley 22 Ala. 667 1853 0 Alabama
Carpenter v. State 23 Ala. 84 1853 0 Alabama
Waul v. Kirkman 25 Miss. 609 1853 0 Mississippi
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1036 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Joynes v. Wartman 5 Md. 195 1853 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Walton 1 Sneed 258 1853 0 Tennessee
Isham v. State 1 Sneed 111 1853 0 Tennessee
Halstead v. Shepard 23 Ala. 558 1853 0 Alabama
Barnett’s Executor v. Tarrence 23 Ala. 463 1853 0 Alabama
Harris v. Rowlands' Adm'rs 23 Ala. 644 1853 0 Alabama
Price v. Price's Adm'r 23 Ala. 609 1853 0 Alabama
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 North Carolina
State v. Abernathy 44 N.C. 428 1853 0 North Carolina
Zeigler v. David 23 Ala. 127 1853 0 Alabama
Byrne v. McDow 23 Ala. 404 1853 0 Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 24 Ala. 9 1853 0 Alabama
Doe ex dem. Cobb v. Hines 44 N.C. 343 1853 0 North Carolina