Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Roy v. Garnett 2 Va. 9 1794 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Town of Exeter v. Town of Warwick 1 R.I. 63 1834 0 Rhode Island
Ex parte Bushnell 9 Ohio St. 76 1859 1 Ohio
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858 1857 0 New York
O'Neill v. General Film Co. 157 N.Y.S. 1028 1916 Contracts & Intellectual Property New York
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Whether slaves can be hired out by a wife when they are joint property with her husband Mississippi
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Michigan
In re Pattinson 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 321 1807 0 Michigan
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan