Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Webster v. Brazelton 31 Ga. 284 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Horton v. Mercier 31 Ga. 225 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Baker v. Rowan 2 Stew. & P. 361 1832 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hull v. Clark 22 Miss. 187 1850 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Mississippi
Alexander v. Walch 40 Tenn. 493 1859 0 Tennessee
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 1874 0 Tennessee
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Marital property rights dispute Mississippi
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi
Richards v. Vanner 4 Stew. & P. 64 1833 0 Dispute over Covenant Alabama