Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Keesee 21 Ark. 528 1860 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Arkansas
Knight v. Bell 22 Ala. 198 1853 0 Loan of Enslaved Person dispute Alabama
Martin v. Hawkins 20 Ark. 150 1859 0 Recovery for enslaved persons Arkansas
Reed v. Ryburn 23 Ark. 47 1861 0 Administration of estate involving enslaved persons Arkansas
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Granting of freedom after an illegal exportation Delaware
Lockwood v. Burton 1 Del. 138 1833 0 Replevin of an enslaved person to either defendant or plaintiff Delaware
Vaughan v. Parr 20 Ark. 600 1859 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Mandel v. Peay 20 Ark. 325 1859 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Byrd v. Lipscomb 20 Ark. 19 1859 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Ewell v. Tidwell 20 Ark. 136 1859 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 14 Mass. 257 1817 0 Wrongful conveyance of slave Massachusetts
Bell v. Rhodes 3 F. Cas. 120 1842 0 Freedom Petition United States
Wilson v. Taylor 30 F. Cas. 230 1859 0 Executors and Administrating Estates United States
Brown v. Robertson 4 F. Cas. 426 1843 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Wynn v. Wilson 30 F. Cas. 751 1855 0 Application for injunction United States
Sharp v. Zeller 110 La. 61 1902 1 Louisiana
Succession of Graf 125 La. 197 1909 1 Louisiana
Dunbar v. Ball 7 F. Cas. 1185 1821 0 Freedom Petition United States