Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Adams v. Mizell 11 Ga. 106 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Mason 3 D.C. 294 1828 0 Freedom Petition United States
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 Will & trust United States
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Violette v. Ball 2 D.C. 102 1814 0 Freedom Petition United States
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Aaron v. State 39 Ala. 684 1866 0 Indictment for larceny Alabama
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Fraud General Ct. of VA
Brent v. Armfield 4 F. Cas. 60 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States