Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Ejectment of land Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Stiles v. Nelly 10 Serg. & Rawle 366 1823 0 Return of child SC of PA.
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Bill of sale dispute SC of PA.
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Wright v. McAlexander 11 Ala. 236 1847 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Graham v. Graham 1 Serg. & Rawle 330 1815 0 Perjury SC of PA.
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Action to recover price of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Clements v. Maloney 17 Ga. 289 1855 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Barksdale v. Finney 55 Va. 338 1858 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
Schwartz v. Insurance Co. of North America 6 Binn. 378 1814 0 Insurance Dispute SC of PA.
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons for debt of estate Arkansas
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Moss v. Moss's Administrator 14 Va. 293 1809 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA