Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Blackledge v. Singleton 7 N.C. 597 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Cherry 7 N.C. 7 1819 0 Homicide North Carolina
Williams v. Howard 7 N.C. 74 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Taylor v. Lanier 7 N.C. 98 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gibbons v. Morse 7 N.J.L. 253 1821 Recovery for value of slave New Jersey
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Copewood v. Taylor's adm'r 7 Port. 33 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Reid v. Edwards 7 Port. 508 1838 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Alexander v. Stokely 7 Serg. & Rawle 299 1821 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Porter v. Miller 7 Tex. 468 1852 0 Petition claiming slave as property Texas
Griffin v. Chubb 7 Tex. 603 1852 0 Question of validity RE sale of slave Texas
Read v. Payne 7 Va. 225 1802 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Chisholm v. Starke 7 Va. 25 1901 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mosby v. Leeds 7 Va. 439 1803 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bradley v. Mosby 7 Va. 50 1801 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Crump v. Dudley 7 Va. 507 1790 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Johnston v. Meriwether 7 Va. 523 1790 0 Action on a bond SC of Appeals VA
Jordan v. Murray 7 Va. 85 1801 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Simmons v. State 84 Ga 465 1848 0 Slave steal goods Supreme Court of Georgia