Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Wrongful detainment Massachusetts
Bartee v. Vitocruz 288 Va. 106, 112, 758 S.E.2d 549, 551 (2014) 2014 2 wrongful death Virginia
Cassady v. Martin 220 Va. 1093 1980 1 wrongful death Virginia
Graham v. Ozark Mountain Sightseeing, Inc. 181 F.3d 924 1999 2 wrongful death United States
Brock v. Wedincamp 253 Ga. App. 275 2002 1 wrongful death Georgia
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Dooley v. McEwing 8 Tex. 306 1852 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Texas
McNeill v. Arnold 17 Ark. 154 1856 0 Wrongful conveyance of enslaved person Arkansas
Coor v. Grace 18 Miss. 434 1848 0 Wrongful consideration of a warranty Mississippi
Mizell v. Herbert 20 Miss. 547 1849 0 Wrongful claim of slave Mississippi
Mosely v. Gainer 10 Tex. 578 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
Mayfield v. Averitt's Adm'r 11 Tex. 140 1853 0 Wrongful claim of property Texas
Dardenne v. Hardwick 9 Ark. 482 1849 0 Writ to levy Arkansas
Manes v. Kenyon 18 Ga. 291 1855 0 written warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Ellis v. Murray 28 Miss. 129 1854 0 Writ of right to sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 Writ of right SC of Appeals VA
Ex parte Smith 34 Ala. 455 1859 0 Writ of Prohibition Alabama
Crane v. Allen 11 La. Ann. 496 1856 0 Writ of possession, Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Seventh Judicial District 12 La. Ann. 48 1857 0 Writ of mandamus, Seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Ex parte Ball 43 Va. 588 1845 0 Writ of habeus corpus General Ct. of VA