Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Chew v. Beall 13 Md. 348 1859 0 Maryland
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Enslaved Persons from Texas Illegaly Brought to Alabama in Violation of Slave Trade Laws Alabama
Cain v. Busby 30 Ga. 714 1860 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Recovery for Hire of a Enslaved Person Alabama
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Illinois
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Wyche v. Greene 26 Ga. 415 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia