Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Garrett 22 Ala. 602 1853 0 Contrct Dispute Alabama
Mobile & Ohio R. R. v. Thomas 42 Ala. 672 1868 0 Violation of Ban Against Foreign Slave Trade Alabama
Heath v. State 36 Ala. 273 1860 0 Indictment for Resisting Process Alabama
Bell v. Hogan 1 Stew. 536 1828 0 Detinue Alabama
Holloway v. Cotten 33 Ala. 529 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Jones v. Nirdlinger 20 Ala. 488 1852 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Hawkins v. Hudson 45 Ala. 482 1871 0 Action of ejectment Alabama
Linda v. Hudson 55 Mass. 385 1848 0 Action for illegally seizing slave Massachusetts
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Manumission of a fugitive slave Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Insurance dispute over property including slaves Massachusetts
Parker v. Lewis 18 F. Cas. 1145 1829 0 Property dispute Arkansas
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Title dispute Arkansas
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas