Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jones v. Allen 27 N.C. 473 1845 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Brent v. Richards 43 Va. 539 1846 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Colvin v. Menefee 52 Va. 87 1854 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hunter v. Fulcher 26 Va. 126 1827 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Striplin v. Ware 36 Ala. 87 1860 0 Action of adultery Alabama
Randall v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 254 1872 0 Action naming negro a slave Mississippi
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. Pilcher 35 Va. 565 1887 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Newsum v. Newsum 1 Leigh 86 1829 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
State v. Stephens 14 Ark. 264 1853 0 Action in replevion for enslaved persons Arkansas
Turberville v. Self 8 Va. 580 1795 0 Action in replevin SC of Appeals VA
Dubose v. Young 14 Ala. 139 1848 0 Action in detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Nichols v. Campbell 51 Va. 560 1854 0 Action in detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boatright v. Meggs 18 Va. 145 1814 0 Action in detinue SC of Appeals VA
Newell v. Mayberry 30 Va. 250 1831 0 Action in assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Grinstead v. Foute 26 Miss. 476 1853 0 Action founded on writing promising to hire and care for enslaved persons Mississippi
State v. Ware 10 Ala. 814 1846 0 Action for wrongful seizure Alabama