Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
In Matter of Estate of Iverlett No. 01-A-01-9505-PB00201, 1995 WL 571852, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 1995) 1995 1 inheritance, intent Tennessee
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Robinson v. Bishop & Wife 23 Ark. 378 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Scott v. Logan 23 Ark. 351 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Slaughter v. Slaughter 23 Ark. 356 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Brinkley v. Willis 22 Ark. 1 1860 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons (clerical mistake in will) Arkansas
Haynes v. Bessellieu 25 Ark. 499 1869 0 Inheritance of proceeds of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Clifton v. Holton 27 Ga. 321 1859 0 Inheritance of slave Georgia
Neal v. Patten 47 Ga. 73 1872 0 Inheritance of slaves Georgia
Jones v. Linton 34 Ga. 429 1866 0 Inheritance of slaves Georgia
Polhill v. Neal 50 Ga. 146 1873 0 Inheritance of slaves Georgia
Horsey v. Thomas C. Horsey's Executors 6 Del. 438 1857 0 Inheritance of two enslaved indivduals to wife and one to son Delaware
In re Estate of Chastain 401 S.W.3d 612 2012 1 inheritance; will formalities Tennessee
Foster v. State 38 Ala. 425 1863 0 Inidctment for selling liquor to enslaved persons Alabama
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Sarah v. Henry 12 Va. 19 1808 0 Injunction SC of Chancery VA
Sizer v. Anthony 22 Ark. 465 1861 0 Injunction against removal of enslaved persons Arkansas
M'Gowen v. Young 2 Stew. & P. 160 1832 0 Injunction against Removal of Enslaved Persons Alabama