Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Laney ex rel. Colbert 2 Tex. 342 1847 0 Action for freedom Texas
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas
Legg v. McNeill 2 Tex. 428 1847 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Hill v. McDermot 1 Dallam 419 1841 0 Resoration of slaves Texas
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
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
Deas v. Smith 1 Cai. 171 1803 0 Slave as a Witness SC of New York
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Will & Trust Court of Appeals of New York
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Demand for dowry SC of New York
Jones v. Jones 36 N.C. 332 1841 0 Sales North Carolina
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Dwilling 14 Serg. & Rawle 442 1826 0 Wrongful detetion SC of PA.
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.