Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lyon v. Goree 15 Ala. 360 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Connor v. Trawick's Adm'r 37 Ala. 289 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Couch v. Anderson 26 Ala. 676 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Robinson v. Farrelly 16 Ala. 472 1849 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Livingston v. Arrington 28 Ala. 424 1856 0 Fraudulent Sale Alabama
Hempstead v. Johnston 18 Ark. 123 1856 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Carter v. Cantrell 16 Ark. 154 1855 0 Recovery of enslaved persons Arkansas
Gregg v. Bethea 6 Port. 9 1837 0 Will & trust Alabama
Bethea's Executor v. Smith 40 Ala. 415 1867 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Barnes v. Blair 16 Ala. 71 1849 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Salle v. Light's Exr's 4 Ala. 700 1843 0 Covenant Alabama
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 0 Action for repayment to loan slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 Debt and warranty for enslaved person United States
Wilson v. State ex rel. Davis 21 Md. 1 1864 0 Maryland
State v. Will 18 N.C. 121 1834 0 Homicide North Carolina
Carey v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 13 1836 0 Municipal Corporations/Municpal Law United States
United States v. Farrell 5 D.C. 311 1837 0 Witnesses United States
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 Contracts- Fraud/Deciet within contract United States
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 Freedom suit United States