Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Head v. Temple 51 Tenn. 34 1871 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Fuller v. Fuller 58 N.C. 223 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McDaniel v. McDaniel 58 N.C. 351 1860 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Illinois
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 Freedom Petition United States
Buie v. Wooten 52 N.C. 441 1860 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Boisseau v. Aldridges 32 Va. 222 1834 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Sanderlin v. Robinson 59 N.C. 155 1860 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Shields v. Anderson 30 Va. 729 1832 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Frierson v. Frierson 21 Ala. 549 1852 0 Conveyance of Enslaved Personsby Life Estate Alabama
Thornton v. Towns 34 Ga. 125 1865 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
John v. State 24 Miss. 569 1852 0 Proving ownership of deceased enslaved man in indictment of another enslaved man for his murder Mississippi