Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elliott v. Carter 50 Va. 541 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Will & trust Louisiana
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Perry v. Maxwell 17 N.C. 488 1834 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
White v. Smith 46 S.C.L. 595 1860 0 South Carolina
Thomas' Adm'r v. Lewis 89 Va. 1 1892 0 Virginia
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri
State v. M’Kee 17 S.C.L. 651 1830 0 North Carolina
Cheever v. Brown & Brown 30 Ga. 904 1860 0 recovery for business transaction Georgia
Lucy v. State 8 Mo. 134 1843 0 Missouri
Nathan v. State 8 Mo. 631 1844 0 Missouri
Peter v. State 12 Miss. 31 1844 0 Mississippi
Jim v. State 23 Tenn. 289 1843 0 Tennessee
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama
Parker v. Carter 4 Munf. 273 1814 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Fraud General Ct. of VA
McIntosh v. Hambleton 35 Ga. 94 1866 0 Equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas