Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Suit in Chancery by Wife Supreme Court of FL
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Heffron v. State 8 Fla. 73 1858 0 Indictment for Selling Liquor to a Black Man Supreme Court of FL
Coleman v. Davies 45 Ga. 489 1872 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Bryan 16 N.C. 47 1827 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Distribution of Estate Supreme Court of FL
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Cato v. State 9 Fla. 163 1860 0 Indictment of a Slave Charged with Rape Supreme Court of FL
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Defects and material Supreme Court of Georgia
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Braswell v. Downs 11 Fla. 62 1865 0 Enforcement of an Alleged Failed Trust Supreme Court of FL
Massey v. Calhoun 26 Ga. 127 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sargent v. Caldwell 16 Ga. 64 1854 0 Slave contract Supreme Court of Georgia