Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Eberlin v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 548 1857 0 Indictment for Doing Business with Enslaved Persons Alabama
Reaves v. Garrett's Adm'r 34 Ala. 558 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Atwell v. Miller 11 Md. 348 1857 0 Maryland
Abercrombie v. Bradford 16 Ala. 560 1849 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
O'Conner v. Youngblood 16 Ala. 718 1849 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Miller v. Jourdan 43 Ga. 316 1871 0 Will and Executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Wood v. Ross 43 Ga. 596 1871 0 Bribery Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. La Roque 11 Ala. 352 1847 0 Deed of trust dispute Alabama
Wagaman v. Byers 17 Md. 183 1861 0 Maryland
Venable v. Craig 44 Ga. 437 1871 0 Libel action Supreme Court of Georgia
Wright v. Kuhn 20 Md. 421 1863 0 Maryland
Trammell v. Thurmond 17 Ark. 203 1856 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Fannin v. Thomasson 45 Ga. 533 1872 0 Equitable defense Georgia
Magruder v. Swann 25 Md. 173 1866 0 Maryland
Faulkner's Administratrix v. Brockenbrough 25 Va. 246 1826 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Green 46 Ga. 361 1872 0 Manumission of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Budd v. Williams 26 Md. 265 1867 0 Maryland