Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cheatwood v. Mayo 19 Va. 16 1816 0 Action for words (slander) SC of Appeals VA
Dane v. Mayor of Mobile 36 Ala. 304 1860 0 Action for violation of municipal ordinance Alabama
Tilman v. Stringer 26 Ga. 171 1858 0 Action for value of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Rheubottom v. Sadler 19 Ark. 496 1858 0 Action for trover of enslaved person Arkansas
Ridge v. Featherston 15 Ark. 159 1854 0 Action for trespass Arkansas
Bryan v. Washington 15 N.C. 479 1834 0 Action for trespass North Carolina
Ex parte Vincent 26 Ala. 145 1855 0 Action for theft Alabama
Bell v. Hogan 3 F. Cas. 107 1811 0 Action for the determination of whether or not the defendant is a salve United States
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina
McLane v. Miller 12 Ala. 643 1847 0 Action for Stolen Enslaved Persons Alabama
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
Administrators of M'Allister v. Executors of Spiller 1 N.C. 95 1800 0 Action for stealing a slave North Carolina
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Action for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Baylor v. Scott 2 Port. 315 1835 0 Action for sheriff to sell enslaved persons Alabama
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Lee v. Portwood 41 Miss. 109 1866 0 Action for replevin Mississippi
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 0 Action for repayment to loan slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Action for refusing to receive a vote Massachusetts