Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hunter v. Hunter 17 Barb. 25 1853 1 New York
Sacket v. McCord 23 Ala. 851 1853 1 Alabama
Ganaway v. State 22 Ala. 772 1853 1 Alabama
Terry v. Bright 4 Md. 430 1853 1 Maryland
Barney ex rel. Woodhull v. Saunders 57 U.S. 535 1853 1 United States
Tarleton v. Goldthwaite's Heirs 23 Ala. 346 1853 1 Alabama
Hills v. Hamilton 51 Va. 300 1853 1 Virginia
New Jersey Railroad v. Kennard 21 Pa. 203 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Beach v. Hancock 27 N.H. 223 1853 1 New Hampshire
McMaster v. McMaster's Ex'ors 51 Va. 275 1853 1 Virginia
Wallston v. Braswell 54 N.C. 137 1853 1 North Carolina
Hollis v. Caughman 22 Ala. 478 1853 1 Alabama
Reese v. Hawthorn 51 Va. 548 1853 1 Virginia
Demeyer v. Legg 18 Barb. 14 1853 1 New York
McGrath v. Hoopes 26 Miss. 496 1853 1 Mississippi
Downer v. Cross 2 Wis. 371 1853 1 Wisconsin
American Bible Society v. Executors of Hollister 54 N.C. 10 1853 1 North Carolina
Nelson v. Howard 5 Md. 327 1853 1 Maryland
Crane v. Executors of Doty 1 Ohio St. 279 1853 1 Ohio
Pettee v. Tenn. Manufacturing Co. 33 Tenn. 381 1853 1 Tennessee