Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. George 29 N.C. 321 1847 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
State v. Jesse 20 N.C. 98 1838 0 Double Jeopardy North Carolina
Miller v. Hoyle 41 N.C. 269 1849 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Elam v. Bass's Executors 18 Va. 301 1814 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Twidy v. Saunderson 31 N.C. 5 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Roulhac v. White 31 N.C. 63 1848 0 Fraud North Carolina
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Galt v. Jackson 9 Ga. 151 1850 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Prior v. Kinney's Executor 20 Va. 510 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Henry v. Bradford 40 Va. 54 1842 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Huston's Adm'r v. Cantril 38 Va. 136 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Anderson's Ex'ors v. Anderson 38 Va. 616 1841 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bennehan's Ex'or v. Norwood 40 N.C. 106 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Freeman v. Bass 34 Ga. 355 1866 0 Purchase of skave Supreme Courrt of Georgia
State v. Berry 34 Ga. 546 1866 0 Masters no longer have to give their approval for blacks to be brought before the court in criminal cases since abolition Supreme Court of Georgia
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA