Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Jones 36 N.C. 332 1841 0 Sales North Carolina
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Dwilling 14 Serg. & Rawle 442 1826 0 Wrongful detetion SC of PA.
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bethell v. Moore 19 N.C. 311 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Justices of the Inferior Court 15 Ga. 408 1854 0 indictment for selling liquor to slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Presnell v. Landers 40 N.C. 251 1848 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Scott, Harper & Co. v. Dansby 12 Ala. 714 1848 0 Mortgage of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Moore v. Steele 29 Tenn. 562 1850 0 Tennessee
State v. Cadle 19 Ark. 613 1858 0 Violation of act stating "whtie person cannot harbor or entertain any enslaved person without owner's consent" Arkansas
Hughes v. Mitchell 19 Ala. 268 1851 0 Final Settlement of Guardianship Alabama
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Weaver 28 Ga. 377 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia