Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peck v. Bullard 21 Tenn. 41 1840 1 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Trustees of Leake & Watts Orphan House 2 Denio 577 1845 1 New York
Benjamin v. Le Baron's Administrator 15 Ohio 517 1846 1 Ohio
Hudgin v. Hudgin's ex'or 47 Va. 320 1849 1 Virginia
State ex rel. DaPonte v. Board of Assessors 35 La. Ann. 651 1883 1 Louisiana
Powers v. Wright Bro's 62 Miss. 35 1884 1 Mississippi
Priestly v. Watkins 62 Miss. 798 1885 1 Mississippi
Moebus v. Becker 46 N.J.L. 41 1884 1 New Jersey
Keepers v. Fidelity Title & Deposit Co. 56 N.J.L. 302 1893 1 New Jersey
People ex rel. Eakins v. Roosevelt 14 Misc. 531 1895 1 New York
Daniels v. Moses 12 S.C. 130 1879 1 South Carolina
King v. Merryman 196 Va. 844 1955 1 Virginia
United States v. Krebs 104 F. Supp. 670 1951 1 United States
McCargo v. Steele 160 F. Supp. 7 1958 1 United States
Curtis v. Curtis 85 W. Va. 37 1919 1 West Virginia
Mercantile Adjustment Co. v. Powers 5 La. App. 534 1927 1 Louisiana
Tazewell's Ex'or v. Saunders' Ex'or 54 Va. 354 1856 1 Virginia
Roberts' Adm'r v. Kelly 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 396 1857 1 Virginia
Sublette v. Tinney 9 Cal. 423 1858 1 California
Turner v. Smith 11 Tex. 620 1854 1 Recovery of a slave Texas