Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Hooks v. Lee 43 N.C. 157 1851 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Hudson v. Pierce 43 N.C. 126 1851 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hilborn v. Hester 43 N.C. 55 1851 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Goodrum v. Goodrum 43 N.C. 313 1852 0 Trusts North Carolina
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 242 1827 0 Replevin United States
Haywood v. Craven's Executors 5 N.C. 557 1816 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Allen v. Allen 44 N.C. 60 1852 0 Order for emancipation of a slave North Carolina
Ashley's Adm'r v. Robinson 29 Ala. 112 1856 0 Will & trust Alabama
Ross v. Pines 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 69 1789 0 Libel and Slander H.Ct of Chancery VA
Sewall v. Henry 9 Ala. 24 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Ormond v. Gibbs 15 N.C. 504 1834 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Moss v. Ashbrooks 20 Ark. 128 1859 0 WIll & trust Arkansas
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Deed dispute/creditor dispute Arkansas
Campbell v. Campbell 13 Ark. 513 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Whitfield v. Browder 13 Ark. 143 1852 0 Verbal loan of enslaved person Arkansas
Evans v. Lipscomb 31 Ga. 71 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 Indictment for taking and conveying a free man out of the State w/ the intent to sell him as a slave North Carolina
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina