Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland