Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Russ v. Mitchell 11 Fla. 80 1865 0 Recovery of the Value of Slaves for Hire Supreme Court of FL
Mosely v. Gordon 16 Ga. 384 1854 0 Remedy for purchase of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
John v. State 16 Ga. 200 1854 0 Trial of slave for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Arrington v. Gee 27 N.C. 590 1845 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Montague's Ex'x v. Turpin's Adm'x 49 Va. 453 1852 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong's Ad'mr v. Pitts 54 Va. 235 1856 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Polhill v. Neal 50 Ga. 146 1873 0 Inheritance of slaves Georgia
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Anderson v. Wilson 13 Ark. 409 1853 0 Recovery for work completed by enslaved person Arkansas
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Oatfield v. Waring 14 Johns. 188 1817 0 Recovery for supporting defendant's slave SC of New York
Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey 5 Cow. 397 1826 0 Will & Trust and Valid Marriage SC of New York
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Gelston v. Russel 11 Johns. 415 1814 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York