Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Palmer v. Word 2 Va. Col. Dec. 268 1738 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA
Woodson v. Woodson 2 Va. Ch. Dec. 129 1791 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 de homine replidgiando Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Respublica v. Richards 2 U.S. 224 1795 0 Criminal Abduction of Freedmen Pennsylvania
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 Bill of sale invalid in VT SC of Vermont
Moore v. Morse 2 Tex. 401 1847 0 Will & trust Texas
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
Alfred v. State 2 Swan 581 1852 0 Tennessee
Carnahan v. Wood 2 Swan 500 1852 0 Tennessee
Joses v. State 2 Swan 399 1852 0 Tennessee
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. State 2 Swan 237 1852 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 2 Swan 174 1852 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Lawrence 2 Swan 141 1852 0 Tennessee
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Cole 2 Swan 100 1852 0 Tennessee
Baker v. Rowan 2 Stew. & P. 361 1832 0 Dispute over Will Alabama