Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Waller v. Mills 14 N.C. 515 1832 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Thompson v. Hamilton 29 Mass. 425 1832 1 Massachusetts
Rogers v. Weaver 5 Ohio 536 1832 1 Ohio
Johnston v. Sims 4 Stew. & P. 330 1833 0 Conversion action of a enslaved person Alabama
Mayor of New-Orleans v. Ripley 5 La. 120 1833 1 Louisiana
Miami Exporting Co. v. Bank of the United States 1 Wright 249 1833 1 Ohio
Elam v. Keen 31 Va. 333 1833 1 Virginia
Slemaker v. Marriott 5 G. & J. 406 1833 0 Maryland
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Breach of contract SC of Judicature of New York
Hill's Lessee v. Hill 5 G. & J. 87 1833 0 Maryland
Cloud v. Catlett's Ex'or 31 Va. 462 1833 1 Virginia
Cooper v. Sandford 12 Tenn. 452 1833 1 Tennessee
Paup's Adm'r v. Mingo 31 Va. 163 1833 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Elder v. Elder's Ex'or 31 Va. 252 1833 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Sims v. Harrison 31 Va. 346 1833 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Bird v. Wilkinson 31 Va. 266 1833 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Nicholas v. Burruss 31 Va. 289 1833 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bargamin v. Poitiaux Ex'or 31 Va. 412 1833 1 Virginia
Brown v. M'Donald 10 S.C. Eq. 297 1833 1 South Carolina
Brooks v. Commonwealth 31 Va. 669 1833 0 Murder of a slave General Ct. of VA