Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Board of Commissioners of Public Schools v. County Commissioners 20 Md. 439 1864 0 Maryland
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama