Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Babcock v. Stanley 11 Johns. 178 1814 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. 632 1830 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Gilliam v. Love 30 Ga. 864 1860 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
Fones v. Rice 50 Va. 568 1853 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Davis 30 Ga. 296 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Murphy v. Partee 66 Tenn. 373 1874 0 Tennessee
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Smith 30 Ga. 263 1860 0 Equity Action, conveyance of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York