Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. George T. Rogers & Son 36 Ga. 157 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Read v. Manning 30 Miss. 308 1855 0 Emancipation of slaves via will, in contravention of state laws Mississippi
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Adams v. Adams 36 Ga. 236 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Coon v. Rice 29 N.C. 217 1847 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA
Donnell v. Shields 30 N.C. 371 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pool v. Williams 30 N.C. 286 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 218 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Whitfield v. Hurst 31 N.C. 170 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Twidy v. Saunderson 31 N.C. 5 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Bourland v. Nixon 27 Ark. 315 1871 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Hardaway v. Semmes 24 Ga. 305 1858 0 Garnishment Georgia
Shelton v. Barbour 2 Va. 64 1795 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, & false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA