Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
McGuire v. Shelby 20 Ala. 456 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Judge v. Wilkins 19 Ala. 765 1851 0 Fraud Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Cocke v. Campbell & Smith 13 Ala. 286 1848 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Jackson v. Bob 18 Ark. 399 1857 0 Petition for freedom Arkansas
Black v. McBain 32 Ga. 128 1861 0 Promissory Note Georgia
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Skelton v. The Ordinary 32 Ga. 266 1861 0 Invested funds Supreme Court of Georgia
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Henderson v. Adams 35 Ala. 723 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Belcher v. Sanders 34 Ala. 9 1859 0 Establishhmen of Trust Alabama
Geron v. Geron 15 Ala. 558 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Newman v. James 12 Ala. 29 1847 0 Conveyance of an Enslaved Person as a Gift Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama