Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Polhill v. Neal 50 Ga. 146 1873 0 Inheritance of slaves Georgia
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Anderson v. Wilson 13 Ark. 409 1853 0 Recovery for work completed by enslaved person Arkansas
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Will & Trust and Valid Marriage SC of New York
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Gelston v. Russel 11 Johns. 415 1814 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Aza v. Eitlinger 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 99 1808 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Thornton v. Towns 34 Ga. 125 1865 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Arnold v. Blackwell 17 N.C. 1 1831 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Twidy v. Saunderson 31 N.C. 5 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Hunter v. Stembridge 12 Ga. 192 1852 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
McCrary v. Perry 40 Ga. 254 1869 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. Waugh 15 Serg. & Rawle 17 1826 0 Will & trust SC of PA.