Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Carter v. Buchanan 9 Ga. 539 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama
State v. Cæsar 31 N.C. 391 1849 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Chase v. Plummer 17 Md. 165 1861 0 Maryland
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Holt 8 Ga. 157 1850 0 Liability for injury cause Supreme Court of Georgia
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois