Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Babcock v. Stanley 11 Johns. 178 1814 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Griffin v. Potter 14 Wend. 209 1835 0 Recovery for wages SC of Judicature of New York
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama