Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Perkins v. Mayfield 5 Port. 182 1837 0 Levy against enslaved person Alabama
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Indictment for Murder of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Turner v. Thrower 5 Port. 43 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
Winston v. Foster 5 Rob. 113 1843 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Petit v. Laville 5 Rob. 117 1843 0 Sales, promissory notes, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Dickinson v. Goodin 5 Rob. 122 1843 0 Agency, mandates, redhibition, sales, obligations, property Louisiana
Denton v. Murdock 5 Rob. 127 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission, witness testimony Louisiana
Soubie v. Sougeron 5 Rob. 148 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Rosine v. Bonnabel 5 Rob. 163 1843 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, parol evidence Louisiana
Mathews v. Boland 5 Rob. 200 1843 0 Freedom suit, fraud, witness testimony, contracts Louisiana
Fox v. Walsh 5 Rob. 222 1843 0 Redhibition, sales, recission Louisiana
Forsyth v. Wilkinson 5 Rob. 263 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, recission Louisiana
Carson v. Dwight 5 Rob. 484 1843 0 Sales, seizure, conflict of laws, emancipation, reconventional demand Louisiana