Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Holt 8 Ga. 157 1850 0 Liability for injury cause Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Competency of slave as witness New Jersey
Bennett v. Starnes 8 La.Ann. 78 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Right of action against 3rd person in case of fraud Mississippi
Worthy v. Johnson 10 Ga. 358 1851 0 Unauthorized sale of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
Scott v. Baber 13 Ala. 182 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Hawkins v. Skeggs's adm'r 29 Tenn. 31 1848 0 Tennessee