Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wooten v. Jarman 52 N.C. 238 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Wootten v. Wootten's Ex'or 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 494 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Word v. Cavin 38 Tenn. 506 1858 0 Tennessee
Word v. Mitchell 32 Ga. 623 1861 0 Manumission of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Work v. Harper 24 Miss. 517 1852 0 Notice to creditor regarding mortgage Mississippi
Worley’s Adm’rx v. High’s Adm’r 40 Ala. 171 1866 0 Will & trust Alabama
Worley v. State 11 Hum. 172 1850 0 Tennessee
Wormack v. Rogers 9 Ga. 60 1850 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Wornell v. Williams 19 Tex. 180 1857 0 Will & trust Texas
Worrill v. Wright 25 Ga. 657 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
Worthington v. Preston 30 F. Cas. 645 1824 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Worth v. Atkins 57 N.C. 272 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wren v. Gayden 2 Miss. 365 1836 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Wright v. Railey 13 La. Ann. 536 1858 0 Promissory notes, consideration, redhibition Louisiana
Wright v. Rogers 9 G. & J. 181 1837 0 Maryland
Wyatt's Adm'r v. Steele 26 Ala. 639 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee