Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 0 Maryland
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Cannon v. Phillips 2 Sneed 185 1854 0 Tennessee
Rawlings v. Adams 7 Md. 26 1854 0 Maryland
Jones v. Hamlet 2 Sneed 256 1854 0 Tennessee
Cobb, Welsh & Co. v. Johnson 2 Sneed 73 1854 0 Tennessee
Lowe v. Lowe 6 Md. 347 1854 0 Maryland
State v. Harris 2 Sneed 224 1854 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 0 Maryland
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Identity of Defendant's Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Douglass v. Harrison 2 Sneed 382 1854 0 Tennessee
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 1854 0 Tennessee
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
Gee v. Gee 2 Sneed 395 1854 0 Tennessee
Vanzant v. Morris 25 Ala. 285 1854 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Cobb v. O'Neal 34 Tenn. 438 1854 0 Tennessee