Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Glenn v. Spry 5 Md. 110 1853 0 Maryland
Nash v. Smallwood 6 Md. 394 1854 0 Maryland
Lammott v. Gist 2 H. & G. 433 1828 0 Maryland
Nesbitt v. Pearson's Adm'rs 33 Ala. 668 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Rawlings v. Adams 7 Md. 26 1854 0 Maryland
Gaulden v. Lawrence 33 Ga. 159 1862 0 contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Winter v. State 20 Ala. 39 1852 0 Freedom of Two "Mulattoes" Alabama
Williamson v. Mason 23 Ala. 488 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Pope v. Randolph 13 Ala. 214 1848 0 Recovery of Payment for Work of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Weaver v. Lapsley 42 Ala. 601 1868 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Hamilton v. Clements' Adm'rs 17 Ala. 201 1850 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
John v. Morton 8 G. & J. 391 1836 0 Maryland
Driver v. Fortner 5 Port. 9 1837 0 Dispute over Execution of a Deed of Trust Alabama
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Haden v. North Carolina Railroad 53 N.C. 362 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Poole v. North Carolina Rail Road 53 N.C. 340 1861 0 Negligence North Carolina
Locke's Executor v. Palmer 26 Ala. 312 1855 0 Dispute over Possession of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
McGuire v. Shelby 20 Ala. 456 1852 0 Detinue Alabama