Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 55 1841 0 Damages, sales, seizure, mortgages, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Cawthorn v. McDonald 1 Rob. 57 1841 0 Sales Louisiana
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Will & Trust Connecticut
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Illegally imprisoned Connecticut
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Claim for freedom SC of PA.
McGavock v. Wood 1 Sneed 181 1853 0 Tennessee
Watkins v. Barnes 1 Sneed 201 1853 0 Tennessee
Aikin v. Smith 1 Sneed 304 1853 0 Tennessee
Savage v. Hale 1 Sneed 365 1853 0 Tennessee
Hallum v. Yourie 1 Sneed 369 1853 0 Tennessee
Houston v. Embry 1 Sneed 480 1853 0 Tennessee
Sidney v. White 1 Sneed 91 1853 0 Tennessee
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Detinue Alabama
Hardwick v. Robinson 1 Stew. & P. 99 1831 0 Trover Alabama
Lafferty v. Whitesides' lessee 1 Swan 123 1851 0 Tennessee
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
State v. Cherry 1 Swan 160 1851 0 Tennessee
Rutland v. Gleaves 1 Swan 198 1851 0 Tennessee
Wiley v. State 1 Swan 256 1851 0 Tennessee