Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Worley’s Adm’rx v. High’s Adm’r 40 Ala. 171 1866 0 Will & trust Alabama
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Recovery for freedom and labor SC of PA.
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 Manslaughter General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Williams 3 Va. 14 1791 0 Larceny General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Hays 3 Va. 122 1798 0 Larceny General Ct. of VA
Cozzins v. Whitaker 3 Stew. & P. 322 1833 0 Fradulent Representations for the Value of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Atwood v. Craig 3 Stew. & P. 21 1832 0 Sale of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Cary v. Gregg 3 Stew. 433 1831 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth ex rel. Johnson v. Holloway 3 Serg. & Rawl. 4 1817 0 Runaway slave charged with fornication and bastardy SC of PA.
Wilson v. Belinda 3 Serg. & Rawl. 396 1817 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Nolé v. de St. Romes 3 Rob. 484 1843 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, damages, successions Louisiana
Smith v. McDowell 3 Rob. 430 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Gros v. Bienvenu 3 Rob. 396 1843 0 Sales, redhibition, fraud, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hivert v. Lacaze 3 Rob. 357 1842 0 Redhibition, sales, warranty, fraud Louisiana