Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 ? General Ct. of VA
McKinstry v. Conly 12 Ala. 678 1847 0 Redemption of an Enslaved Person on a Mortgage Alabama
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Atwood v. Craig 3 Stew. & P. 21 1832 0 Sale of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Puryear v. Puryear 16 Ala. 486 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Huff v. Cox 2 Ala. 310 1841 0 Execution of deed Alabama
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Penn v. Reynolds 64 Va. 518 1873 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hale v. Clarkson 64 Va. 42 1873 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Petition for review Massachusetts
Park v. Willis 2 D.C. 83 1813 0 Trafficking or Removal of Slaves United States
United States v. Coulter 1 D.C. 203 1804 0 Charge of 'Keeping a disorderly house' United States
Layne v. Norris' Adm'r 57 Va. 236 1861 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Cooper v. Hepburn 56 Va. 551 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Christian v. Yancey 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 240 1856 0 Action of detinue Special Ct of Appeals VA