Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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.
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Vance 15 Serg. & Rawle 36 1826 0 Possesion of slave must be registered SC of PA.
Ex parte Simmons 22 F. Cas. 151 1823 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Slaback v. Cushman 12 Fla. 472 1868 0 Recovery for Services of a Slave After Abolition Supreme Court of FL
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Branch v. Wilson 12 Fla. 543 1868 0 Execution of a Contract for Slaves after Failed Delivery Supreme Court of FL