Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. State 24 Ark. 620 1867 1 Arkansas
Knowles v. People 15 Mich. 408 1867 1 Michigan
Sawyer v. Corse 58 Va. 230 1867 1 Virginia
Hendricks v. Mitchell 37 Ga. 230 1867 0 Equity Action, Emancipation of slaves Georgia
Orton v. Orton 3 Abb. Ct. App. 411 1867 1 New York
Selvidge v. State 30 Tex. 60 1867 1 Texas
Bedford v. Williams 45 Tenn. 202 1867 0 Tennessee
Vail v. McMillan 17 Ohio St. 617 1867 1 Ohio
Jackson v. State 4 Kan. 150 1867 1 Kansas
Shove v. Larsen 22 Wis. 142 1867 1 Wisconsin
Bobbitt v. Brownlow 62 N.C. 252 1867 1 North Carolina
Best v. Hammond 55 Pa. 409 1867 1 Pennsylvania
Granberry v. Hawpe 30 Tex. 409 1867 1 Texas
Mitchell v. Baratta 58 Va. 445 1867 1 Virginia
Warren v. State 29 Tex. 369 1867 1 Texas
Dickinson v. Jones 36 Ga. 97 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Illinois
Carter v. McGehee 20 F. Cas. 615 1867 1 United States
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
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