Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Ricks 42 Va. 416 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Thompsons v. Meek 34 Va. 419 1836 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
Hall v. Hall 11 Tex. 526 1854 0 Mortgage dispute Texas
Calvin v. State 25 Tex. 789 1860 0 Texas
Forgay v. Conrad 47 U.S. 201 1848 0 United States
Maxwell v. Maxwell 60 Ky. 101 1860 0 Kentucky
Naylor’s Administrator v. Moffatt 29 Mo. 126 1859 0 Missouri
Peers v. Davis’ Administrators 29 Mo. 184 1859 0 Missouri
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Lagrange v. Barre 11 Rob. 302 1845 0 Donation inter vivos, property, sales, prescription, wills Louisiana
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi
Pleasant v. State 15 Ark. 624 1855 0 Intent to commit a rape Arkansas
Thorpe v. Burroughs 31 Ala. 159 1857 0 Action for arresting runaway enslaved person Alabama
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Knight v. Wall 19 N.C. 125 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
In re Susan 2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 594 1818 0 United States
Bush v. Martins 34 Va. 320 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA