Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Gough v. Manning 26 Md. 347 1867 0 Maryland
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 Indictment for assault on a white woman North Carolina
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Black v. McBain 32 Ga. 128 1861 0 Promissory Note Georgia
Maury v. Coleman 24 Ala. 381 1854 0 Execution of Promissory Note Alabama
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Henderson v. Adams 35 Ala. 723 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Janes ex rel. Vanover v. Horton 32 Ga. 245 1861 0 Property (slave) not delivered to plaintiff Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Thompson v. Jackson 24 Va. 504 1825 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA