Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brantley v. Carter 26 Miss. 282 1853 1 Mississippi
Beach v. Hancock 27 N.H. 223 1853 1 New Hampshire
Satterthwaite v. Doughty 44 N.C. 314 1853 1 North Carolina
Poindexter v. Gibson 54 N.C. 44 1853 1 North Carolina
Yerger v. Jones 57 U.S. 30 1853 1 United States
Lee v. Foard 54 N.C. 125 1853 1 North Carolina
Millard v. Tripp 2 R.I. 543 1853 1 Rhode Island
Mercier v. Canonge 8 La. Ann. 37 1853 1 Louisiana
Murphy v. Farmers' Bank 20 Pa. 415 1853 1 Pennsylvania
American Bible Society v. Executors of Hollister 54 N.C. 10 1853 1 North Carolina
McCaw v. Galbraith 41 S.C.L. 74 1853 1 South Carolina
Phelin v. Kenderdine 20 Pa. 354 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Doe on the Demise of Marshall v. Fisher 46 N.C. 111 1853 1 North Carolina
Brown v. Parker 15 Ill. 307 1853 1 Illinois
Peters v. Grubb 21 Pa. 455 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Everett v. Smith 44 N.C. 303 1853 1 North Carolina
Den ex dem. Leggett v. Bullock 44 N.C. 283 1853 1 North Carolina
Lay's Executor v. Lawson's Adm'r 23 Ala. 377 1853 0 Alabama
Ward v. State 22 Ala. 16 1853 1 Alabama
Woolfork's Adm'r v. Sullivan 23 Ala. 548 1853 0 Alabama