Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McMaster v. McMaster's Ex'ors 51 Va. 275 1853 1 Virginia
Rogers v. Wilson 13 Ark. 507 1853 1 Arkansas
Corbitt v. Corbitt 54 N.C. 114 1853 0 North Carolina
Purcell v. McCleary 51 Va. 246 1853 1 Virginia
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Henry v. Lowell 16 Barb. 268 1853 1 New York
Dill v. Camp 22 Ala. 249 1853 0 Alabama
Downer v. Cross 2 Wis. 371 1853 1 Wisconsin
Whitney v. Freeland 26 Miss. 481 1853 1 Mississippi
Cooper v. Peck 22 Ala. 406 1853 0 Alabama
Webb’s Appeal 21 Pa. 248 1853 1 Pennsylvania
Hall v. Hall 27 N.H. 275 1853 1 New Hampshire
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Nordheimer 13 Ark. 339 1853 0 Arkansas
Muire v. Falconer 51 Va. 12 1853 1 Virginia
George v. Strange's Ex'or 51 Va. 499 1853 1 Virginia
Fisk v. Keene 35 Me. 349 1853 1 Maine
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
State v. Stephens 14 Ark. 264 1853 0 Arkansas
Croom v. Whitfield 45 N.C. 143 1853 0 North Carolina