Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
M'Farland v. Smith 1 Miss. 172 1824 0 Action of trespass Mississippi
Blount v. Mitchell 3 N.C. 65 1798 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Dixon v. Watkins 9 Ark. 139 1848 0 Action of trespass against enslaved person Arkansas
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Action of trespass and false imprisonment Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Jenkins v. Tom 1 Va. 123 1792 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Barbour 2 Va. 64 1795 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, & false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 Action of trespass, assault, battery, false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Action of trespass by owner of a slave for the whipping of the slave by another Mississippi
Davis v. Hunter 7 Ala. 135 1844 0 Action of trespass for killing a enslaved person Alabama
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Action of trespass to personal property Arkansas
Elligood v. Smith 1 Del. Cas. 35 1794 0 Action of triver for an enslaved woman; denied Delaware
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Walden v. McDonald 30 Ga. 542 1860 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Mayor of Columbus v. Howard 6 Ga. 213 1849 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Buie v. Wooten 52 N.C. 441 1860 0 Action of trover North Carolina