Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Kyle v. Riley 58 Tenn. 230 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v.Bryan 34 Ga. 53 1864 0 Equity action Supreme Court of georgia
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Spence v. McMillan 10 Ala. 583 1846 0 Stolen Enslaved Personsaction Alabama
Moore v. People 55 U.S. 13 1852 0 United States
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
McAdams v. Beard & Henderson 34 Ala. 478 1859 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bob v. Powers 19 Ark. 424 1858 0 Deed of manumission Arkansas
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Upchurch v. Norsworthy 15 Ala. 705 1849 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi
Richards v. Vanner 4 Stew. & P. 64 1833 0 Dispute over Covenant Alabama
Cowan v. Epes 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 520 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Steele v. Richardson 24 Ark. 365 1866 0 Sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Marshall v. Wood 16 Ala. 806 1849 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Daniel v. Guy 19 Ark. 121 1857 0 Action for freedom Arkansas
Harris v. Bell 27 Ala. 520 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Martin v. White 1 Stew. 473 1828 0 Covenant Alabama