Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Vance v. Cooper 49 Tenn. 93 1870 0 Tennessee
Middlebrook v. Nelson 34 Ga. 506 1866 0 Contract issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Weaver v. Yeatmans 15 Ala. 539 1849 0 Right of Property Alabama
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 47 Tenn. 576 1870 0 Tennessee
Whitaker v. Smith 33 Ga. 237 1862 0 Property action in real estate Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Bivins v. Crawford 26 Ga. 225 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Stone v. Sanders 38 Tenn. 248 1858 0 Tennessee
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
McKenzie v. Kerr 37 Tenn. 539 1858 0 Tennessee
Beasley v. Jenkins 39 Tenn. 191 1858 0 Tennessee
Carmichael v. Walters 33 Ga. 316 1862 0 slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi