Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Enslaved Persons from Texas Illegaly Brought to Alabama in Violation of Slave Trade Laws Alabama
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
Anderson v. Millikin 9 Ohio St. 568 1859 0 Ohio
Davis v. Smith 30 Ga. 263 1860 0 Equity Action, conveyance of property Supreme Court of Georgia