Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodward v. Roane 23 Ark. 523 1861 0 Execution on enslaved persons Arkansas
People ex rel. Hoyt v. Commissioners of Taxes 9 N.Y. 224 1861 0 Taxation of New York resident with slaves in another state? Court of Appeals of New York
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Cloud v. Whiting 38 Ala. 57 1861 1 Alabama
Skelton v. The Ordinary 32 Ga. 266 1861 0 Invested funds Supreme Court of Georgia
Wells v. Morrow 38 Ala. 125 1861 1 Alabama
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Black v. McBain 32 Ga. 128 1861 0 Promissory Note Georgia
Ben v. State 37 Ala. 103 1861 0 Wrongful detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Halliburton v. Fletcher 22 Ark. 453 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved person Arkansas
Martin v. Reed 37 Ala. 198 1861 0 Promissory note dispute Alabama
Cox v. Britt 22 Ark. 567 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons (clerical mistake in will) Arkansas
Christian v. Greenwood 23 Ark. 258 1861 0 Fraudulent sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Wyatt v. Woods 31 Mo. 351 1861 1 Missouri
Wimberly v. Wimberly 38 Ala. 40 1861 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Hill v. State 23 Ark. 604 1861 0 Administration of estate with enslaved persons Arkansas
Taylor v. Strickland 37 Ala. 642 1861 1 Alabama