Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Widow & Heirs of King v. Wartelle 14 La. Ann. 740 1859 0 Property, partition, wills, estates Louisiana
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Role of Agency in Contract Negotiation Alabama
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Wigle v. Kirby's Executor 3 D.C. 597 1829 0 Wills/ Freedom suit/ manumission United States
Wilder v. Creecy 33 N.C. 421 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wilder v. Ireland 53 N.C. 85 1860 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Wiles v. Harshaw 43 N.C. 308 1852 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Wiley v. Lashler 27 Tenn. 717 1848 0 Tennessee
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilkins ex rel. Gwin v. Wells 17 Miss. 325 1848 0 Action of detinue for slaves Mississippi
Wilkinson v. Moseley 30 Ala. 562 1857 0 Recovery for Enslaved Person wages Alabama
Wilkinson v. Williams 29 F. Cas. 1270 1850 0 Contracts/ Wills United States
Wilkins v. Bobo 13 La. Ann. 430 1858 0 Monetary judgment, suretyship Louisiana
Wilks's Adm'r v. Greer 14 Ala. 437 1848 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Willamson v. Ledbetter 16 Va. 521 1811 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Williams' Exr's v. Marshall 4 G. & J. 376 1832 0 Maryland
Williamson's Administrators v. Smart 1 N.C. 219 1801 0 Action of trover North Carolina