Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
Adams v. Mizell 11 Ga. 106 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals 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
Harrison v. Harrison 5 Va. 419 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 Estate dispute United States
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Aaron v. State 39 Ala. 684 1866 0 Indictment for larceny Alabama
Bates v. Murphy 2 Stew. & P. 165 1832 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 Will & trust United States
Coleman v. Dickenson 2 Va. Col. Dec. 111 1740 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Marriage property dispute New Hampshire
McNeill's Adm'r v. McNeill 35 Ala. 30 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Property Tennessee
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama