Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Andrews v. Huckabee's Adm'r 30 Ala. 143 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Indictiment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. Maine
Tuggle v. Barclay, Stinnett & Co. 6 Ala. 407 1844 0 Dispute over Execution of a Bill of Sale Alabama
Wade v. Powell 31 Ga. 1 1860 0 Two Actions of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Conyers v. Bowen 31 Ga. 382 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r 34 Ala. 558 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Wood v. Ross 43 Ga. 596 1871 0 Bribery Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson v. Green 46 Ga. 361 1872 0 Manumission of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Wallis v. Woodland 32 Md. 101 1870 0 Maryland
Baird v. Bland 17 Va. 570 1812 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama