Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Hiss v. State 24 Md. 556 1866 0 Maryland
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon 8 Fla. 299 1859 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia
McConeghy v. McCaw 31 Ala. 447 1858 0 Trover Alabama
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Enforcement of a Promissory Note Supreme Court of FL
Sanders v. Sanders 20 Ark. 610 1859 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Wimberly v. Wimberly 38 Ala. 40 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Wise v. State 24 Ga. 31 1858 0 Indictment for larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Prosser v. Henderson 11 Ala. 484 1847 0 Dispute over Ownership of Ensalved Persons Alabama
Denson v. Autrey's Ex'r 21 Ala. 205 1852 0 Will & trust Alabama
Hooper v. Edwards 20 Ala. 528 1852 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Raines v. Perryman 29 Ga. 529 1859 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gillespie's Adm'r v. Burleson 28 Ala. 551 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi