Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Recovery for freedom SC of Judicature of New York
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Pogue ex rel. Calvert v. Joyner 6 Ark. 241 1845 0 Debt dispute Arkansas
Cobb v. State 27 Ga. 648 1859 0 indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Plummer v. Brandon 40 N.C. 190 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Gibson v. McCormick 10 G. & J. 65 1838 0 Maryland
Chamberlain v. Gaillard 26 Ala. 504 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Wade v. Parks 10 N.C. 202 1824 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gordon v. Finlay 10 N.C. 239 1824 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Erwin v. Kilpatrick 10 N.C. 456 1825 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Scott, White & Co. v. Henry 13 Ark. 112 1852 0 Loan dispute Arkansas