Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tuck v. Boone 8 Gill 187 1849 0 0 Maryland
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland