Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook 1 Watts 155 1832 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Whitehill v. Wilson 3 Pen. & W. 405 1832 0 Relocation of goods SC of PA.
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Green v. Deberry 24 N.C. 344 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Goodson v. Whitfield 40 N.C. 163 1847 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Walden v. McDonald 30 Ga. 542 1860 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Maltby v. Harwood & Wells 12 Barb. 473 1852 0 SC, General Term, New York
In re Belt 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 93 1848 0 SC of New York
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 Evidence North Carolina
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 SC of New York
Hester v. Hester 38 N.C. 9 1843 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Allen v. Hollis 31 Ga. 143 1860 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Love v. Lea 37 N.C. 629 1843 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Hancock v. Edwards 26 Tenn. 349 1846 0 Tennessee
Alston v. Boyd 25 Tenn. 504 1846 0 Tennessee
Lewis ex rel. Smith v. Fagan 13 N.C. 298 1830 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Charles v. State 11 Ark. 389 1850 0 Action under statute declaring negro to be punished with death for attempting to commit rape Arkansas