Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Planters' & Merchants' Bank of Mobile v. Willis 5 Ala. 770 1843 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Brown v. Stacy 5 Ark. 403 1844 0 Motion for a new trial Arkansas
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Will & Trust and Valid Marriage SC of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Livingston v. Ackeston 5 Cow. 531 1826 0 Recovery for wages SC of New York
Hill v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 114 1837 0 "Municipal Corporations" United States
Carey v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 13 1836 0 Municipal Corporations/Municpal Law United States
Moody v. Fuller 5 D.C. 303 1837 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 Witnesses United States
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 Fradulent Contracts/Equity United States
Negro William Richardson's Case 5 D.C. 338 1837 0 Habeus Corpus/ Runaways United States
United States v. West 5 D.C. 35 1836 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 Wills and Bequeathments United States
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 Creditor Remedies United States
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States