Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Smart v. Baugh 26 Ky. 363 1830 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Palmes v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 264 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
Williams v. Springfield 15 La. Ann. 535 1860 0 Property, Estates, Marriage, Louisiana
Webre v. Duroc 15 La. Ann. 65 1860 0 Redhibition Louisiana
Paty v. Martin 15 La. Ann. 620 1860 0 Sale of "defective' slave Louisiana
Folse v. Kittridge 15 La. Ann. 222 1860 0 Contracts, redhibition, Louisiana
New Orleans Insurance v. Tio 15 La. Ann. 174 1860 0 Mortgages, Property, Louisiana
State v. Bill 15 La. Ann. 114 1860 0 Jury selection Louisiana
Perrine v. Planchard 15 La. Ann. 133 1860 0 Torts, Damages Louisiana
Cornish v. Shelton 12 La. Ann. 415 1857 0 Redhibition, contracts, sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Toler v. Cushman 12 La. Ann. 733 1857 0 Sale of enslaved person, estates, promissory notes Louisiana
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Simpson v. Mills 12 La. Ann. 173 1857 0 Judgment creditor, property, dispute over ownership of enslaved person Louisiana