Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Evans v. Evans 1 Del. Cas. 76 1795 0 Order of replevin of an enslaved man after a dispute of a will Delaware
Haralson v. Walker 23 Ark. 415 1861 0 Action of debt on enslaved person Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Mary v. Talburt 4 D.C. 187 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States
Pridgin v. Strickland 8 Tex. 214 1852 0 Texas
Sims v. Chance. 7 Tex. 561 1852 0 Recovery for wages of hired slave Texas
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 46 Ky. 403 1847 0 Kentucky
Humphrey v. State 1 Minor 64 1822 0 Alabama
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Elliott v. Carter 50 Va. 541 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 Rape North Carolina
Oglesby v. Gilmore 5 Ga. 56 1848 0 Promissory Will note Supreme Court of Georgia
Rachels v. Wimbish 31 Ga. 214 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Dearman v. Radcliffe 5 Ala. 192 1843 0 Will & trust Alabama
Hand v. Armstrong 34 Ga. 232 1866 0 Recovery Action on a promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Bell 35 Ga. 238 1866 0 willl and executor Supreme Court of Georgia