Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mayor of Baltimore v. State ex rel. Board of Police 15 Md. 376 1860 0 Maryland
Davis v. Patton 19 Md. 120 1862 0 Maryland
Morsell v. Baden 22 Md. 391 1864 0 Maryland
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools v. County Commissioners 20 Md. 439 1864 0 Maryland
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland
Hiss v. State 24 Md. 556 1866 0 Maryland
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Gough v. Manning 26 Md. 347 1867 0 Maryland
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
In re Ralph 1 Morris 1 1839 0 Iowa
Thomas v. De Graffenreid 27 Ala. 651 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon 8 Fla. 299 1859 0 Recovery of Value for a Deceased Slave Supreme Court of FL
Rea v. Twilley 35 Md. 409 1872 0 Maryland
Barbour v. Mitchell 40 Md. 151 1874 0 Maryland
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Supreme Court of Georgia
McConeghy v. McCaw 31 Ala. 447 1858 0 Trover Alabama
Osborne v. VanHorn 2 Fla. 360 1848 0 Suit to Recover Distributive Share for Maintenance of Children Supreme Court of FL