Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 Bill for injunction re judgment North Carolina
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 Action for debt SC of Appeals VA
Greenlee's Adm'r v. Bailey 36 Va. 188 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Williamson 58 N.C. 142 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Johnson v. Lovett 31 Ga. 187 1860 0 Tresspass Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Williams v. McCormack 26 Tenn. 308 1846 0 Tennessee
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina
Wynns v. Burden 58 N.C. 377 1860 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Boisseau v. Aldridges 32 Va. 222 1834 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Doe on dem of Barnes v. Haybarger 53 N.C. 76 1860 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Burwell's Ex'ors v. Anderson 30 Va. 348 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Frierson v. Frierson 21 Ala. 549 1852 0 Conveyance of Enslaved Personsby Life Estate Alabama
Swift v. Swift 36 Ala. 147 1860 0 Whether a Contract by the Two Parties was a Mortgage Alabama
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Baker v. State 15 Ga. 498 1854 0 Aiding a slave escape Supreme Court of Georgia