Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Jamieson v. Bruce 6 G. & J. 72 1834 0 Maryland
Murphey v. Barron 1 H. & G. 258 1827 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Laidler's Adm'x. v. State ex rel. Hawkins 2 H. & G. 277 1828 0 Maryland
Edelen v. State ex rel. Jackson 4 G. & J. 277 1832 0 Maryland
Turner v. Egerton 1 G. & J. 434 1829 0 Maryland
Callis v. Tolson's Ex'rs 6 G. & J. 80 1834 0 Maryland
Green v. Johnson 3 G. & J. 389 1831 0 Maryland
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Michigan
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Michigan
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Whether slaves can be hired out by a wife when they are joint property with her husband Mississippi
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 Contracts & Intellectual Property New York
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio