Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Reynolds v. State 3 Ga. 53 1847 0 Convicton for voluntary manslaughter Supreme Court of Georgia
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Caperton v. Martin 5 Ala. 217 1843 0 Property dispute Alabama
Jones v. State 48 Ga. 458 1873 0 Indictment offense of robbery Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallis v. Woodland 32 Md. 101 1870 0 Maryland
Beall v. Williamson 14 Ala. 55 1848 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Weathersly v. Weathersly 40 Miss. 462 1866 0 Conditional sale of slaves Mississippi
Harriet v. Swan 18 Ark. 495 1857 0 Manumission of enslaved person Arkansas
Clark v. Tennison ex rel. Browning 33 Md. 85 1870 0 Maryland
Baird v. Bland 17 Va. 570 1812 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Elbin v. Wilson 33 Md. 135 1870 0 Maryland
Slaughter v. Slaughter 23 Ark. 356 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Blunt v. Gee 9 Va. 481 1805 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Trespass for the beating of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Wragg v. State 14 Ala. 492 1848 0 Indictment for Sampling Cotton Alabama
Nosworthy v. Blizzard 53 Ga. 668 1875 0 Will and distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Scales v. Swan 9 Port. 163 1839 0 Garnishment Alabama
Armstrong v. Stovall 26 Miss. 275 1853 0 Fraudulent estate? Mississippi