Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Caldwell v. Carter 2 Del. Cas. 668 1821 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Freeny v. McCally 2 Del. Cas. 315 1817 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
London v. Hudson 1 Del. Cas. 317 1801 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Cannon ex rel. Cannon v. Stuart 8 Del. 223 1866 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Gary v. Stevenson 19 Ark. 580 1858 0 Petition for freedom Arkansas
Jackson v. Bob 18 Ark. 399 1857 0 Petition for freedom Arkansas
Thoroughgood v. Anderson 5 Del. 97 1848 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Glover v. Millings 2 Stew. & P. 28 1832 0 Petition fo r freedom Alabama
Welch v. Cole 14 Ark. 400 1854 0 Petition for dower Arkansas
Wells v. Mitchell 39 Miss. 800 1861 0 Petition for demurrer on settlement of estate Mississippi
Pearsall v. McCartney 28 Ala. 110 1856 0 Petition for bankruptcy Alabama
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Porter v. Miller 7 Tex. 468 1852 0 Petition claiming slave as property Texas
Inman’s Administrator v. Gibbs 47 Ala. 305 1872 0 Petition by purchaser to set aside sale of lands and enslaved persons Alabama
Alderman v. Chester 34 Ga. 152 1865 0 Personal propety dispute Suprme Court of Georgia
Roberts v. Boylan 24 Ga. 40 1858 0 Personal Property Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Personal Property issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Turner v. Thurmond 28 Ga. 174 1859 0 Personal property issu supreme Court of Georgia