Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Woods v. Fuller 27 N.C. 26 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
French v. Townes 51 Va. 513 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Thompson v. Jackson 24 Va. 504 1825 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Payne v. Bruton 10 Ark. 53 1849 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Owens v. Crow 62 Md. 491 1884 0 Maryland
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama