Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Harrisons v. Harrison's Adm'x 43 Va. 1 1845 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Wingard 2 D.C. 300 1822 0 Executory contract United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Crease v. Parker 1 D.C. 448 1807 0 Slave Contract Capacity United States
Thompson v. Carbery 2 D.C. 39 1811 0 Motion for new trial in replevin United States
Battles v. Miller 3 D.C. 296 1828 0 Freedom Petition United States
Garrison v. Eborn 56 N.C. 228 1857 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Beall v. Beck 3 D.C. 666 1829 0 Replevin United States
Gardner v. Simpson 2 D.C. 405 1823 0 Freedom Petition United States
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
English's Ex'r v. McNair's Admr's 34 Ala. 40 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Stewart v. Barcroft 23 F. Cas. 53 1841 0 Manumission/executor's duties United States
Ex parte Amy 1 D.C. 392 1807 0 Freedom Petition United States
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Marlow v. Johnson 31 Miss. 128 1856 0 Equity of redemption in deed of trust Mississippi
Sam v. State 31 Miss. 480 1856 0 Seeking new trial for enslaved man indicted for murder Mississippi
Greenwade v. Mills 31 Miss. 464 1856 0 Prosecution for theft of a slave Mississippi