Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Duvall 3 D.C. 611 1829 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Maria v. White 3 D.C. 663 1829 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition (by reason of importation) United States
Prigg v. Pennsylvania 41 U.S. 539 1842 0 United States
State v. Charity 13 N.C. 543 1830 0 Murder North Carolina
Morgan v. Elam 12 Tenn. 375 1833 0 Tennessee
Nailing v. Nailing 34 Tenn. 630 1855 0 Tennessee
Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van Vacter 38 Miss. 476 1860 0 Construing security of contract Mississippi
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Billy v. State 11 S.C.L. 356 1820 0 South Carolina
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi
United States v. Clark 2 D.C. 620 1825 0 Self Defense/ Manslaughter United States
Kelly v. Cunningham 36 Ala. 78 1860 0 Action for breach of warranty Alabama
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. 439 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Knight v. Wall 19 N.C. 125 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
United States v. Frye 4 D.C. 539 1835 0 United States
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 Indictment for "a slave hiring her own time" North Carolina
United States v. Ellick 2 D.C. 412 1823 0 United States