Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Skelton v. The Ordinary 32 Ga. 266 1861 0 Invested funds Supreme Court of Georgia
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Henderson v. Adams 35 Ala. 723 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Belcher v. Sanders 34 Ala. 9 1859 0 Establishhmen of Trust Alabama
Geron v. Geron 15 Ala. 558 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Newman v. James 12 Ala. 29 1847 0 Conveyance of an Enslaved Person as a Gift Alabama
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Andrews v. Huckabee's Adm'r 30 Ala. 143 1857 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Indictiment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. Maine
Berry v. Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564 1855 0 Maryland
Tuggle v. Barclay, Stinnett & Co. 6 Ala. 407 1844 0 Dispute over Execution of a Bill of Sale Alabama
Wade v. Powell 31 Ga. 1 1860 0 Two Actions of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Tazewell 9 Md. 291 1856 0 Maryland
Conyers v. Bowen 31 Ga. 382 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Eberlin v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 548 1857 0 Indictment for Doing Business with Enslaved Persons Alabama
Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r 34 Ala. 558 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland