Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilliam v. Love 30 Ga. 864 1860 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Whetcroft v. Dorsey 3 Md. 357 1795 0 Maryland
Worthy v. Johnson 10 Ga. 358 1851 0 Unauthorized sale of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Carleton & Co. v. Banks 7 Ala. 32 1844 0 Dispute over Deed of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Executors of James v. Masters 7 N.C. 110 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
March v. Harrell 46 N.C. 329 1854 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Edelen v. Hardey's Lessee 7 H. & J. 61 1826 0 Maryland
Grahame v. Harris, Parran & Co. ex rel. Harris 5 G. & J. 489 1833 0 Maryland
United States ex rel. Garland v. Morris 26 F. Cas. 1318 1854 0 United States
Doe on demise of Freeman v. Edmunds 10 N.C. 7 1824 0 Trusts North Carolina
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland
Gibson v. McCormick 10 G. & J. 65 1838 0 Maryland
United States v. Rycraft 27 F. Cas. 918 1824 0 United States
State ex rel. Woods v. Fuller 27 N.C. 26 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina