Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Morsell v. Baden 22 Md. 391 1864 0 Maryland
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Inhabitants of Windsor v. Inhabitants of Hartford 2 Conn. 355 1817 0 Contract dispute Connecticut