Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Weaver v. Lapsley 42 Ala. 601 1868 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hamilton v. Clements' Adm'rs 17 Ala. 201 1850 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
John v. Morton 8 G. & J. 391 1836 0 Maryland
Driver v. Fortner 5 Port. 9 1837 0 Dispute over Execution of a Deed of Trust Alabama
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
McGuire v. Shelby 20 Ala. 456 1852 0 Detinue Alabama
Judge v. Wilkins 19 Ala. 765 1851 0 Fraud Alabama
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Cocke v. Campbell & Smith 13 Ala. 286 1848 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Jackson v. Bob 18 Ark. 399 1857 0 Petition for freedom Arkansas
Black v. McBain 32 Ga. 128 1861 0 Promissory Note Georgia
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Skelton v. The Ordinary 32 Ga. 266 1861 0 Invested funds Supreme Court of Georgia
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia