Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Atkinson v. Farmer 6 N.C. 291 1813 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Dowd v. Montgomery 5 N.C. 100 1815 0 Gifts North Carolina
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Cummings v. MacGill 6 N.C. 357 1818 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Scott v. Dobson 1 Md. 160 1749 0 Maryland
Whetcroft v. Dorsey 3 Md. 357 1795 0 Maryland
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Walker v. Kelly 7 N.C. 265 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Queen v. Neale 3 H. & J. 158 1810 0 Maryland
Ayres v. Grimes 3 H. & J. 95 1810 0 Maryland
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
Peagram v. King 9 N.C. 295 1822 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
March v. Harrell 46 N.C. 329 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Hepburn v. Sewell 5 H. & J. 211 1821 0 Maryland
Administratrix of Ufford v. Lucas 9 N.C. 214 1822 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tate v. Greenlee's administrators 9 N.C. 486 1823 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Doe on demise of Freeman v. Edmunds 10 N.C. 7 1824 0 Trusts North Carolina
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Payne v. Bruton 6 Ark. 278 1845 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Arkansas