Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Ejectment of land Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Stiles v. Nelly 10 Serg. & Rawle 366 1823 0 Return of child SC of PA.
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Coleman v. Davies 45 Ga. 489 1872 0 Promissory note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Commonwealth ex rel. Jesse v. Craig 1 Serg. & Rawle 23 1814 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Schwartz v. Insurance Co. of North America 6 Binn. 378 1814 0 Insurance Dispute SC of PA.
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons for debt of estate Arkansas
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware