Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Frazer's Adm'r v. Bevill 52 Va. 9 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Howard v. Coleman 36 Ala. 721 1860 0 Negligence Alabama
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Beall v. Ledlow 14 Ala. 523 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Executors of Mullington v. Shipman 1 N.C. 113 1800 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Williamson's Administrators v. Smart 1 N.C. 219 1801 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Robinson's administrators v. Devone 3 N.C. 154 1801 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Rutherford v. Craik's executors 3 N.C. 262 1803 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Hamner v. Smith 22 Ala. 433 1853 0 Trover Alabama
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland