Involving slavery Reference cases involving slavery All cases Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Short Name Citation Summary Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲ Link
Nancy v. State 6 Ala. 483 1844 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Humphrey v. State 1 Minor 64 1822 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Frisbie v. McCarty 1 Stew. & P. 56 1831 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Nelson v. State 6 Ala. 394 1844 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r 32 Ala. 75 1858 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Lewis v. State 35 Ala. 380 1860 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r 30 Ala. 670 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at Decatur 25 Ala. 161 1854 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Bolling 22 Ala. 294 1853 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
State v. Marshall 8 Ala. 302 1845 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Spence v. State 17 Ala. 192 1850 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Pleasant v. State 15 Ark. 624 1855 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 0 California Caselaw Access Project
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Delaware Caselaw Access Project
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Delaware Caselaw Access Project
Simon v. State 5 Fla. 285 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
McGriff v. Porter 5 Fla. 373 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Camp v. Moseley 2 Fla. 171 1848 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Mitchell 5 Fla. 364 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Speer v. Tinsley 55 Ga. 89 1875 0 Guardian settlement Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Note for slave payment Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hammond v. Myrick 14 Ga. 77 1853 0 claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Ivey v. State 23 Ga. 576 1857 0 Indictment for Fornication Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Glover v. Townsend, Crane & Co. 30 Ga. 90 1860 0 deceit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cheever v. Brown & Brown 30 Ga. 904 1860 0 recovery for business transaction Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Newsom v. Tucker 36 Ga. 71 1867 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gibbons v. State 36 Ga. 475 1867 0 Larceny Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Moreland v. Hunley 37 Ga. 342 1867 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Sarah v. State 28 Ga. 576 1859 0 Slave indicted for attempted murder Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hardaway v. Semmes 24 Ga. 305 1858 0 Garnishment Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tison v. Tison 14 Ga. 167 1853 0 Equity Actions Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Adams v. Barrett 5 Ga. 404 1848 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Recovery for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
M’Cleskey v. Leadbetter 1 Ga. 551 1846 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dickinson v. Jones 36 Ga. 97 1867 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bowman v. Long 23 Ga. 242 1857 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Roberts 20 Ga. 15 1856 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bell v. Hanks 55 Ga. 274 1875 0 Slave debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lee v. McElvy 23 Ga. 129 1857 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Suggs v. Sapp 20 Ga. 100 1856 0 Levy and claim Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Whatley v. Slaton 36 Ga. 653 1867 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Flanders v. Flanders 23 Ga. 249 1857 0 Equity action for slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wheeler v. State 23 Ga. 292 1857 0 Indictment for stealing slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wise v. State 24 Ga. 31 1858 0 Larceny Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hose v. King 24 Ga. 424 1858 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thornton v. Burch 20 Ga. 791 1856 0 Executor for life Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hatcher v. Hampton 7 Ga. 49 1849 0 Dissolve of an injunction Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Stroud v. Mays 7 Ga. 269 1849 0 False Representation Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clayton v. Tucker 20 Ga. 452 1856 0 Will and Executor Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bennett v. Terrill 20 Ga. 83 1856 0 Fraud Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Yarborough v. West 10 Ga. 471 1851 0 Remainder of Estate cannot be given by verbal gift Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jesse v. State 20 Ga. 156 1856 0 Slave tried for rape and assault Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Burch v. Burch 23 Ga. 536 1857 0 Testament and Will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Grier v. Ward 23 Ga. 145 1857 0 trepass Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Horn v. Ross & Leitch 20 Ga. 210 1856 0 Dispute over value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bazemore v. Davis 55 Ga. 504 1875 0 Promissory note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woodward v. Solomon 7 Ga. 246 1849 0 Conveyanace of sales Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Graham v. Maguire 39 Ga. 531 1869 0 Endorsement of promissory note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dicken v. Johnson 7 Ga. 484 1849 0 Equity Actions Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Miller v. Saunders 18 Ga. 492 1855 0 Recovery of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
New v. Potts 55 Ga. 420 1875 0 Will and executor Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McGinnis v. McGinnis 1 Ga. 496 1846 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. Sparks 36 Ga. 445 1867 0 Possessory Warrant Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Legal title to slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Latimer v. Alexander 14 Ga. 259 1853 0 Action brought for payment for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Crook v. Garrett 20 Ga. 664 1856 0 Recission of Contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Frierson v. Beall 7 Ga. 438 1849 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. State 4 Ga. 14 1848 0 indictment for liable Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 786 1856 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. Tift 23 Ga. 46 1857 0 slave contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co. 5 Ga. 555 1848 0 Conveyance of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jordan v. Pollock 14 Ga. 145 1853 0 constructive inquire Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Possessory warrant Georgia Caselaw Access Project
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Allen v. State 9 Ga. 492 1851 0 Slave indicted for killing another slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Irvin v. Howard 37 Ga. 18 1867 0 Levy and claim Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Shine v. Redwine 30 Ga. 780 1860 0 Legal contractual dispute over slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tweedy v. Urquhart 30 Ga. 446 1860 0 deed of marriage settlement Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Larceny Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Harden v. Mangham 18 Ga. 563 1855 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Miller v. Gould 38 Ga. 465 1868 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jordan v. Thornton 7 Ga. 517 1849 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gleaton v. Gleaton 37 Ga. 650 1868 0 Possession and title of property Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Ward v. Allen 28 Ga. 74 1859 0 Modification of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Oglesby v. Stodghill 23 Ga. 590 1857 0 trespass Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Robertson v. Johnston 24 Ga. 102 1858 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pearson v. Reid 10 Ga. 580 1851 0 Additional property injury in suit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Alfred v. State 6 Ga. 483 1849 0 Slave charged with capital offense Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Parker 55 Ga. 11 1875 0 levy for land and property Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gaither v. Gaither 20 Ga. 709 1856 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Porter v. Thomas 23 Ga. 467 1857 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Turner v. Thurmond 28 Ga. 174 1859 0 Personal property issu Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Green 37 Ga. 37 1867 0 Equity action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clements & Miller v. Little 28 Ga. 491 1859 0 Levy and claim Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Simmons v. Blackman 14 Ga. 318 1853 0 Promissory Note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thornton v. Chisholm 20 Ga. 338 1856 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Barksdale 23 Ga. 602 1857 0 Private Property dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Papot v. Gibson 7 Ga. 530 1849 0 Probate of deed Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Oglesby v. Gilmore 5 Ga. 56 1848 0 Promissory Will note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Boring v. Rollins 20 Ga. 623 1856 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Black v. Thornton 30 Ga. 361 1860 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Haslett v. Harris 36 Ga. 632 1867 0 Property dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Maulden v. Thomas 9 Ga. 174 1850 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Strain v. Wright 7 Ga. 568 1849 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Coyle v. Campbell 10 Ga. 570 1851 0 Slave debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Jones 20 Ga. 699 1856 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Anthony v. State 9 Ga. 264 1851 0 Indictment for murder Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Mobley 38 Ga. 241 1868 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hall v. Hall 18 Ga. 40 1855 0 Testator of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Miller v. Cotten 5 Ga. 341 1848 0 Fraud, Will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Riley v. Martin 35 Ga. 136 1866 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Harrell v. Green 18 Ga. 711 1855 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Burts v. Duncan 36 Ga. 575 1867 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Williamson v. Nabers 14 Ga. 286 1853 0 Will and Testament Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Black v. Lewis 30 Ga. 958 1860 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cook v. Walker 30 Ga. 519 1860 0 Seizure of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Davis v. Smith 30 Ga. 263 1860 0 Equity Action, conveyance of property Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Killebrew 55 Ga. 153 1875 0 Holding servants illegally Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Reid v. State 20 Ga. 681 1856 0 Larceny of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
King v. State 40 Ga. 244 1869 0 Marriage to a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
State v. Dickson 38 Ga. 171 1868 0 Slave debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hendrick v. Tompkins 14 Ga. 86 1853 0 Levy and claim Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Hutchins 21 Ga. 270 1857 0 Recovery of value lost for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Murphey v. Murphey 20 Ga. 549 1856 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Stephenson v. State 40 Ga. 291 1869 0 Concealment of armed weapon Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bass v. Freeman 36 Ga. 435 1867 0 Emancipation of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bates v. Woolfolk 5 Ga. 329 1848 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Equity action for slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Doolittle 38 Ga. 255 1868 0 Slave debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Rachels v. Wimbish 31 Ga. 214 1860 0 Will and Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Barron v. Burney 38 Ga. 264 1868 0 Inventory of estate Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McAffee v. Mulkey 40 Ga. 115 1869 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Stephen v. State 11 Ga. 225 1852 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dickens v. State 30 Ga. 383 1860 0 Misdemeanor Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McIntosh v. Hambleton 35 Ga. 94 1866 0 Equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tucker v. Toomer 36 Ga. 138 1867 0 Title to slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Scott v. State 39 Ga. 321 1869 0 void marriage Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Greer v. Caldwell 14 Ga. 207 1853 0 Fraud and Mistake Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Phillips v. Gaston 37 Ga. 16 1867 0 payment for debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project