Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Gianfortone v. City of New Orleans 61 F. 64 1894 1 United States
City of New Orleans v. Abbagnato 62 F. 240 1894 1 United States
Goolsby v. St. John 66 Va. 146 1874 1 Virginia
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Brooks v. Mitchell 163 Md. 1 1932 1 Maryland
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Hicks v. State 97 Fla. 199 1929 1 Florida
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Patton v. Moore 16 W. Va. 428 1880 1 West Virginia
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Estate of Self 591 S.W.2d 338 1979 1 Texas
County School Board v. Town of Herndon 194 Va. 810 1953 1 Virginia
Francis v. Grant 80 Ky. 190 1881 1 Kentucky