Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cornish v. Keesee 17 Ark. 391 1856 0 Security bond dispute Arkansas
West v. Williams 15 Ark. 682 1855 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Brown v. Collins 14 Ark. 421 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Johnson v. McDaniel 15 Ark. 109 1854 0 Action for deceit Arkansas
Hervy v. Armstrong 15 Ark. 162 1854 0 Action against corporal punishment Arkansas
Tatum v. Hines 15 Ark. 180 1854 0 Action to enjoin the sale of a enslaved person Arkansas
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 Offspring of enslaved persons ownership dispute United States
Morrison v. Bennet 17 F. Cas. 836 1838 0 Mortgage dispute United States
Irvin v. Real Estate Bank 5 Ark. 30 1843 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Hill's Administrators v. Mitchell 5 Ark. 608 1844 0 Dower disptue Arkansas
Brock v. Saxton 5 Ark. 708 1844 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Harrington v. State 36 Ala. 236 1860 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Buckner v. Street 4 F. Cas. 578 1871 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons E.D. Ark.
Patton v. Jones 3 Del. Cas. 11 1822 0 Replevein to either decendant's estate or another individual Delaware
Thorpe v. Burroughs 31 Ala. 159 1857 0 Action for arresting runaway enslaved person Alabama
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Pompey 2 Del. Cas. 113 1798 0 Indictment for manslaughter; guilty and valued at $200 Delaware
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Freedom Suit/Habeus ad subjiciendum SC of PA.