Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brock v. Garrett 16 Ga. 487 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Griffin 32 Ga. 81 1861 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Shivers v. Latimer 20 Ga. 737 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Patterson v. Hickey 32 Ga. 156 1861 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Vance v. Cooper 42 Tenn. 497 1865 0 Tennessee
Maley v. Barrett 2 Sneed 501 1855 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Price v. Allen 9 Hum. 703 1849 0 Tennessee
Compton v. Barnes 4 Gill 55 1846 0 Maryland
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Zandt 46 U.S. 215 1847 0 United States
Sundry African Slaves v. Madrazo 26 U.S. 110 1828 0 United States
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Knight v. Brawner 14 Md. 1 1859 0 Maryland
Bates v. Woolfolk 5 Ga. 329 1848 0 Trover action Georgia
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson's Administrator v. Davies's Administrator 20 Va. 484 1820 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA