Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Walters v. Walters 27 N.C. 435 1845 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
McGinnis v. Harris 52 N.C. 213 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Barham v. Massey 27 N.C. 192 1844 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 Action of replevin SC of Appeals VA
McLeod v. Oates 30 N.C. 387 1848 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Shelton v. Yancy 12 N.C. 370 1828 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Cummings v. MacGill 6 N.C. 357 1818 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Houston v. Moore 49 N.C. 522 1857 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Carroll v. Hussey 31 N.C. 89 1848 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Gullett v. Lamberton 6 Ark. 109 1845 0 Action of replevin for a enslaved person Arkansas
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Dixon v. Feild 10 Ark. 243 1849 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Hazzard v. Walton 1 Del. Cas. 221 1799 0 Action of replevin of an enslaved person denied because lack of evidence of enslavement to another individual Delaware
Gowan v. Jones 18 Miss. 164 1848 0 Action of replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Cave v. Shelor 16 Va. 193 1811 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Skinner v. White 18 N.C. 471 1836 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts