Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 5 Md. 287 1853 0 Maryland
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas
Van Metre v. Mitchell 28 F. Cas. 1042 1853 0 Civil Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Brantley v. Carter 26 Miss. 282 1853 1 Mississippi
Executors of McDonogh v. Murdoch 56 U.S. 367 1853 1 United States
Ware v. Richardson 3 Md. 505 1853 0 Maryland
Hunter v. Thurmon 25 Miss. 463 1853 1 Mississippi
McGrath v. Hoopes 26 Miss. 496 1853 1 Mississippi
Sales v. Woodin 8 How. Pr. 349 1853 1 New York
Bush v. Stamps 26 Miss. 463 1853 1 Mississippi
Floyd v. Ricks 14 Ark. 286 1853 1 Arkansas
State ex rel. Clements v. Van Lear 5 Md. 91 1853 0 Maryland
Cole v. Ensor 3 Md. 446 1853 0 Maryland
Holmes v. Mitchell 4 Md. 532 1853 0 Maryland
Harris v. Rowlands' Adm'rs 23 Ala. 644 1853 0 Alabama
Houston v. Crutchfield's Adm'r 22 Ala. 76 1853 0 Alabama
Waring v. Moseley 22 Ala. 667 1853 0 Alabama
State v. Executors of McDonogh 8 La. Ann. 171 1853 0 Louisiana
Stewart v. Allain 8 La. Ann. 64 1853 0 Louisiana
Halstead v. Shepard 23 Ala. 558 1853 0 Alabama