Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Cecil v. Cecil 19 Md. 72 1862 0 Maryland
Hopewell v. Cumberland Bank of Alleghany 37 Va. 206 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
McWillie v. Martin 25 Ark. 556 1869 0 Challenge to executor actions that included sale of "a negro woman" Arkansas
Miller v. Jourdan 43 Ga. 316 1871 0 Will and Executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Russell v. Shute 25 Ark. 469 1869 0 Judgement for debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Kaufman & Co. v. Barb 26 Ark. 24 1870 0 Effect of Emancipation Proclamation on sale of enslaved person Arkansas
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Daniel v. Roper 24 Ark. 131 1863 0 Trover by freed enslaved person Arkansas
Pillow v. Brown 26 Ark. 240 1870 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Dorris v. Grace 24 Ark. 326 1866 0 Sale of enslaved person and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Rust v. Reives 24 Ark. 359 1866 0 Sale of enslaved person and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Knott v. Knott 26 Ark. 444 1871 0 Debt secured by enslaved persons Arkansas
Montgomery Adm'r. v. Erwin 24 Ark. 540 1867 0 Trover for enslaved persons Arkansas
Stapler v. Hurt's Executors 16 Ala. 799 1849 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Eddins v. Buck 23 Ark. 507 1861 0 Sale of gifted enslaved person Arkansas
Sessions v. Hartsock 23 Ark. 519 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Scott v. Logan 23 Ark. 351 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
McLaren v. McLaren 33 Ga. Supp. 99 1864 0 Deed settlement of divorce Supreme Court of Georgia