Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Woodward v. Woodward 37 Tenn. 49 1857 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Marshall 36 Ala. 504 1860 0 Order to reform contract Alabama
Alabama Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Pettway 24 Ala. 544 1854 0 Foreclosure on a Deed Alabama
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 494 1828 0 Malicious Prosecution for Robbery of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Stuart v. Swanzy 20 Miss. 684 1849 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Weatherhead v. Sewell 28 Tenn. 272 1848 0 Tennessee
Taylor v. Harwell 24 Tenn. 331 1844 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 1874 0 Tennessee
Fonte v. Horton 36 Miss. 350 1858 0 Liability of executor for hire of a slave specifically bequeathed Mississippi
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Marital property rights dispute Mississippi
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Kyle v. Riley 58 Tenn. 230 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v.Bryan 34 Ga. 53 1864 0 Equity action Supreme Court of georgia
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Spence v. McMillan 10 Ala. 583 1846 0 Stolen Enslaved Personsaction Alabama
Moore v. People 55 U.S. 13 1852 0 United States