Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Plater v. Groome 3 Md. 134 1852 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland