Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Hollingsworth v. Tanner 44 Ga. 11 1871 0 Employment and payment for liability Supreme Court of Georgia
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Illinois
Cockrill's Adm'r v. Hobson 16 Ala. 391 1849 0 Contract and Will Dispute Alabama
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Fugate v. Honakers' Ex'ors 63 Va. 409 1872 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA