Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Lee v. Foard 54 N.C. 125 1853 1 North Carolina
Clark v. Baird 9 N.Y. 183 1853 1 New York
Haight v. Badgeley 15 Barb. 499 1853 1 New York
Thurston v. Lloyd 4 Md. 283 1853 1 Maryland
Burns v. Taylor 23 Ala. 255 1853 1 Alabama
Conrad v. Griffey 57 U.S. 38 1853 1 United States
Davis v. Doe ex dem. Delpit 25 Miss. 445 1853 1 Mississippi
Newhouse v. Godwin 17 Barb. 236 1853 1 New York
Albert v. Winn 5 Md. 66 1853 1 Maryland
Sturdivant v. Birchett 51 Va. 67 1853 1 Virginia
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
McCargo v. Crutcher 23 Ala. 575 1853 1 Alabama
Jones v. Obenchain 51 Va. 259 1853 1 Virginia
Smith v. Bryan 5 Md. 141 1853 1 Maryland
Vrooman v. McKaig 4 Md. 450 1853 1 Maryland