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
Wilson's Heirs v. Wilson’s Adm’r 30 Ala. 670 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
State v. Marshall 8 Ala. 302 1845 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
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
John v. State 1 Ala. 95 1840 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
State v. Clarissa 11 Ala. 57 1847 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Humphrey v. State 1 Minor 64 1822 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Spence v. State 17 Ala. 192 1850 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Snodgrass v. Branch Bank at Decatur 25 Ala. 161 1854 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Bolling 22 Ala. 294 1853 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
McArthur v. Carrie's Adm'r 32 Ala. 75 1858 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Wyman v. Campbell 6 Port. 219 1838 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Nancy v. State 6 Ala. 483 1844 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Lewis v. State 35 Ala. 380 1860 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Powell’s Distributees v. Powell’s Legatees 30 Ala. 697 1857 0 Alabama Caselaw Access Project
Pleasant v. State 15 Ark. 624 1855 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Hannah v. Carrington 18 Ark. 85 1856 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 6 Ark. 212 1850 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Main v. Alexander 4 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Sullivant v. State 3 Ark. 400 1848 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
Wynn v. Garland 19 Ark. 23 1857 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California Caselaw Access Project
People v. Hyung Joon Kim 45 Cal. 4th 1078 2009 0 California Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jefferson 3 Harr. 571 1842 0 Delaware Caselaw Access Project
In re Hannah 2 Harr. 365 1838 0 Delaware Caselaw Access Project
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Camp v. Moseley 2 Fla. 171 1848 0 Florida 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
McGriff v. Porter 5 Fla. 373 1853 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 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
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Florida Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Maddox v. Simmons & Griffin 31 Ga. 512 1860 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Stephen v. State 11 Ga. 225 1852 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. Rutledge 18 Ga. 294 1855 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wylly v. S. Z. Collins & Co. 9 Ga. 223 1851 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Hutchins 21 Ga. 270 1857 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Miller v. Cotten 5 Ga. 341 1848 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Alfred v. State 6 Ga. 483 1849 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
M’Cleskey v. Leadbetter 1 Ga. 551 1846 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Illinois Caselaw Access Project
Beebe v. State 6 Ind. 501 1855 0 Indiana Caselaw Access Project
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana Caselaw Access Project
Graham’s Ex’r v. Sam 7 B. Mon 403 1847 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Williamson v. Williamson 18 B. Mon 329 1857 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. (B. Mon.) 315 1855 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Underwood v. Brockman 34 Ky. (Dana) 309 1836 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Adams v. Gardiner 52 Ky. 197 1852 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Maxwell v. Maxwell 3 Met. 101 1860 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Hocker v. Gentry 3 Met. 463 1861 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Gaines v. Gaines’ Executor 9 B. Mon 295 1848 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Amy v. Smith 1 Litt. 326 1822 0 Kentucky Caselaw Access Project
Black v. Carrollton Railroad 10 La. Ann. 33 1855 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Succession of Fletcher v. Decoudreau 11 La. Ann. 59 1856 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Montgomery v. Chaney 13 La. Ann. 207 1858 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Griffin v. His Creditors 6 Rob. 216 1843 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Hagan 2 La. 122 1830 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Babin v. Winchester 7 La. 460 1834 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Pepper v. Dunlap 16 La. 163 1840 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix 16 La. 254 1840 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Griffing v. Routh 11 La. Ann. 135 1856 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Prall v. Peet’s Curator 3 La. 274 1832 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Succession of Bollinger 30 La. Ann. 193 1878 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Percy v. Millaudon 3 La. 568 1832 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Gardiner v. Thibodeau 14 La. Ann. 732 1859 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Malady v. Malady 25 La. Ann. 448 1873 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. Bloodworth 12 La. Ann. 699 1857 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Grant v. McDonogh 7 La. Ann. 447 1852 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Saul v. His Creditors 5 Mart. (n.s.) 569 1827 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Lagrange v. Barre 11 Rob. 302 1845 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Young v. Ford Motor Co. 595 So. 2d 1123 1992 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Plicque & Lebeau v. Perret 19 La. 318 1841 0 Louisiana Caselaw Access Project
Chase v. Lockerman 11 G. & J. 185 1840 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Raborg’s Adm'x. v. Hammond's Adm'r. 2 H. & G. 42 1827 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Belt v. Marriott 9 Gill 331 1850 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
De Sobry v. de Laistre 2 H. & J. 191 1806 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Cecil v. Harrington 18 Md. 510 1862 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Dennis v. Dennis 15 Md. 73 1860 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
State v. Nutwell 1 Gill 54 1843 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Harker v. Dement 9 Gill 7 1850 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Edelin v. Sanders 8 Md. 118 1855 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Thos. Wilson & Co. v. Thos. J. Carson & Co. 12 Md. 54 1858 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Townshend v. Townshend 7 Gill 10 1848 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland Caselaw Access Project
Greenwood v. Curtis 5 Tyng 358 1810 0 Massachusetts Caselaw Access Project
Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van Vacter 38 Miss. 476 1860 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 4 S. & M. 31 1844 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Arthur v. President of the Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg 17 Miss. (S. & M.) 394 1848 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Anding v. Davis 38 Miss. 574 1860 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Whitehead v. Ducker 19 Miss. (S. & M.) 98 1848 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Lewis v. State 9 S. & M. 115 1847 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Isham v. State 6 Howard 35 1841 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Commissioners of Homochitto River v. Withers 29 Miss. 21 1855 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Meek v. Perry 36 Miss. 190 1858 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Wall v. Wall 30 Miss. 91 1855 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 6 Howard 326 1842 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Cicely v. State 13 S. & M. 202 1849 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Peter v. State 3 Howard 433 1839 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Josephine v. State 39 Miss. 613 1861 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Keithler v. State 10 S. & M. 192 1848 0 Mississippi Caselaw Access Project
Naylor’s Administrator v. Moffatt 29 Mo. 126 1859 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Peers v. Davis’ Administrators 29 Mo. 184 1859 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Nathan v. State 8 Mo. 631 1844 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Morgan v. Cox 22 Mo. 373 1856 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
State v. Henry 2 Mo. 178 1830 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Lucy v. State 8 Mo. 134 1843 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Logan v. Phillips 18 Mo. 22 1853 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Mary v. State 5 Mo. 71 1837 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Burrus 8 Mo. 26 1843 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Hector v. State 2 Mo. 135 1829 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Jim v. State 3 Mo. 147 1832 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Skinner v. Hughes 13 Mo. 440 1850 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
Jane v. State 3 Mo. 61 1831 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
In re Toney 11 Mo. 661 1848 0 Missouri Caselaw Access Project
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 New Hampshire Caselaw Access Project
Trumbull v. Gibbons 22 N.J.L. 117 1849 0 New Jersey Caselaw Access Project
In re Stepen 1 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 323 1816 0 New York Caselaw Access Project
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York Caselaw Access Project
Mann v. Mann 1 Johns. Ch. 231 1814 0 New York Caselaw Access Project
State v. Isaac 2 Dev. 47 1828 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Lane v. Wingate 25 N.C. (Ired.) 326 1843 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Charity 2 Dev. 543 1830 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Levin 2 Car. L. Rep. 270 1815 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. George 7 Ired. 321 1847 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Haney 2 Dev. & Bat. 390 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Freeman v. Cook 6 Ired. Eq. 373 1849 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jim 3 Mur. 3 1819 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Clarissa 5 Ired. 221 1844 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Tom 2 Dev. 569 1830 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jim 1 Dev. 142 1826 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Henderson v. Hoke 21 N.C. (Dev. & Bat. Eq.) 119 1835 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Irby v. Wilson 1 Dev. & Bat. Eq. 568 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Heathcock v. Pennington 33 N.C. (Ired.) 640 1850 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Harrison v. Battle 16 N.C. (Dev. Eq.) 537 1830 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Hardin 2 Dev. & Bat. 407 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. (Dev. & Bat.) 439 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Dick v. Pitchford 21 N.C. (Dev. & Bat. Eq.) 480 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Edmund 4 Dev. 340 1833 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Moses 2 Dev. 452 1830 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. (Jones) 402 1857 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jesse 2 Dev. & Bat. 297 1837 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Sue 1 Cam. & Nor. 54 1800 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. (Dev. & Bat. Eq.) 297 1839 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Henry 9 Ired. 463 1849 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Lenoir v. Sylvester 17 S.C.L. (Bail.) 632 1830 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Largent v. Berry 48 N.C. (Jones) 531 1856 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. (Hawks) 96 1820 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Knight v. Wall 2 Dev. & Bat. 125 1836 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. George 8 Ired. 324 1848 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jesse 3 Dev. & Bat. 98 1838 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Clary’s Administrators v. Clary 2 Ired. 78 1841 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Perry v. Maxwell 2 Dev. Eq. 488 1834 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Marley 8 Ired. 48 1847 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Allen 3 Hawks 614 1825 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Isham 3 Hawks 185 1824 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Arthur 2 Dev. 217 1829 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Samuel 2 Dev. & Bat. 177 1836 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Jarrott 1 Ired. 76 1840 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
State v. Lewis 2 Hawks 98 1822 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project