Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
McKay v. Flowers 44 N.C. 211 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Robson v. Harwell 6 Ga. 589 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Sharpe v. State 48 Ga. 16 1873 0 sexual misconduct Supreme Court of Georgia
Adamson v. Adamson 9 Ark. 26 1848 0 Action to hire enslaved persons Arkansas
Evans v. Lipscomb 31 Ga. 71 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitfield v. Browder 13 Ark. 143 1852 0 Verbal loan of enslaved person Arkansas
Nichols v. Bell 46 N.C. 32 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Campbell v. Campbell 13 Ark. 513 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
McBoyle v. Hanks 46 N.C. 133 1853 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Cowperthwaite v. Jones 2 U.S. 55 1790 0 de homine replidgiando Court of Common Pleas of PA., Philadelphia County
Green v. Allen 44 N.C. 228 1853 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
English's Ex'r v. McNair's Admr's 34 Ala. 40 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Reynolds v. State 3 Ga. 53 1847 0 Convicton for voluntary manslaughter Supreme Court of Georgia
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Shiver v. Brock 55 N.C. 137 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina