Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sarah v. Borders 5 Ill. 341 1843 0 Illinois
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Carpenter v. Miller's Ex'rs 3 W. Va. 174 1869 0 West Virginia
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
King v. State 40 Ga. 244 1869 0 Marriage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Chambers v. People 5 Ill. 351 1843 0 Illinois
Cornelius v. Cohen 1 Ill. 131 1825 0 Illinois
Kinney v. Cook 4 Ill. 232 1841 0 Illinois
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Morsell v. Baden 22 Md. 391 1864 0 Maryland
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Nesbitt v. Pearson's Adm'rs 33 Ala. 668 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama