Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Harrington v. Harrington 15 Ga. 561 1854 0 Bill for sale of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 Bill for injunction to set aside deeds North Carolina
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 Bill for injunction re judgment North Carolina
Shannon v. Reese 38 Ala. 586 1863 0 Bill for injunction Alabama
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Bill filed for effecting the division of slaves in a will Mississippi
Parish v. Parish 37 Ala. 591 1861 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Dunn v. Davis 12 Ala. 135 1847 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
United States v. Butler 1 D.C. 373 1806 0 Battery of a slave United States
State v. George 8 Rob. 535 1844 0 Battery, capital punishment, prescription Louisiana
In re Crabtree 39 B.R. 713 1984 1 bankruptcy; validity of gift United States
Selby v. Gibson 3 La. Ann. 209 1848 0 Bankruptcy, promissory notes, prescription, property, sales, simulation, witness testimony Louisiana
Powell v. Knox 16 Ala. 364 1849 0 Bankruptcy issue Alabama
United States v. Cluck 143 F.3d 174, 180 (5th Cir. 1998) 1998 1 bankruptcy fraud United States
Smith v. Talbot 18 Tex. 774 1857 0 Bankruptcy dispute Texas
Gibson v. Green 45 Miss. 209 1871 0 Bankruptcy action Mississippi
Brandon v. Cabiness 10 Ala. 155 1846 0 Bankruptcy Alabama
Stewart v. Hargrove 23 Ala. 429 1853 0 Bankruptcy Alabama
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Bankruptcy Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Sanders v. Smallwood 30 N.C. 125 1847 0 Bankruptcy North Carolina