Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Elam v. State 25 Ala. 53 1854 1 Alabama
Powell v. State 25 Ala. 21 1854 1 Alabama
Hill, McLean & Co. v. Rucker 14 Ark. 706 1854 1 Arkansas
Brewer v. Branch Bank 24 Ala. 439 1854 1 Alabama
Rix v. Nevins 26 Vt. 384 1854 1 Vermont
Stein v. Burden 24 Ala. 130 1854 1 Alabama
Fisher v. Conant 3 E.D. Smith 199 1854 1 New York
Knight's Administrators v. Vardeman 25 Ala. 262 1854 1 Alabama
Griggsby v. Hair 25 Ala. 327 1854 1 Alabama
Pollock v. Gilbert 16 Ga. 398 1854 1 Georgia
Ex parte Small 25 Ala. 74 1854 1 Alabama
Fowler v. Armour 24 Ala. 194 1854 1 Alabama
Merrick & Fenno v. Hutt 15 Ark. 331 1854 1 Arkansas
Smith v. Smith 6 Md. 496 1854 0 Maryland
Dorsey v. Warfield 7 Md. 65 1854 1 Maryland
Edelen v. Edelen 6 Md. 288 1854 1 Maryland
Mitchell v. Mitchell's Lessee 6 Md. 224 1854 0 Maryland
Wilson v. Lazier 52 Va. 477 1854 1 Virginia
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 Maryland
Michaux's Adm'r v. Brown 51 Va. 612 1854 1 Virginia