Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. Daniel 10 N.C. 617 1825 0 Grand Larceny North Carolina
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Granting of freedom after an illegal exportation Delaware
Watkins v. Adams 32 Miss. 333 1856 0 Grant of administration of estate - specifically involving removal of slaves Mississippi
Anderson v. Thoroughgood 5 Del. 199 1849 0 Grant of freedom after illegal exportation Delaware
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Sims v. Sims 2 Ala. 117 1841 0 Grifting an Enslaved Person Alabama
Scyoc v. Holmes 192 W. Va. 87 1994 2 guaranty West Virginia
Frelick v. Turner 26 Miss. 393 1853 0 Guardian exceeding amount of ward's estate by hiring enslaved person Mississippi
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Guardian of Insane Persons, Dissolution of Marriage Alabama
Speer v. Tinsley 55 Ga. 89 1875 0 Guardian settlement Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Kelly 44 Ga. 485 1871 0 Guardianship of former slave Georgia
Melton v. McKesson 35 N.C. 475 1852 0 Guardians & Wards North Carolina
Harris v. Carstarphen 69 N.C. 416 1873 0 Guardian & Ward Settlements North Carolina
Wlodarz v. State 361 S.W.3d 490 2012 1 habeas Tennessee
Bazzi v. Rose 8 Mart. (o.s.) 149 1820 0 Habeas corpus, criminal law, freedom suit, emancipation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Field v. Walker 17 Ala. 80 1849 0 Habeas Corpus Rights of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Ex parte Ben 1 D.C. 532 1809 0 Habeus Corpus United States
Ex parte Anthony 1 D.C. 295 1806 0 Habeus Corpus United States
Ex parte Letty 1 D.C. 328 1806 0 Habeus Corpus/ Freedom petition United States
United States v. Copeland 25 F. Cas. 646 1862 0 Habeus Corpus/Fugitive Slave Law United States