Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Crimm's Adm'rs v. Crawford 29 Ala. 623 1857 0 Action by adminstrator for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Durden v. McWilliams 36 Ala. 345 1860 0 Action by creditor Alabama
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Action by Heirs to Obtain Enslaved Persons from Executors of Estate Alabama
Pickens v. Oliver 29 Ala. 528 1857 0 Action by husband and wife to recover enslaved persons Alabama
Chapman v. Chapman 32 Ala. 106 1858 0 Action by ward against guardian Alabama
Hobgood v. Martin 31 Ga. 62 1860 0 Action equity Georgia
Sloan v. Williford 25 N.C. 307 1843 0 Action for a breach of warranty North Carolina
Haglar v. McCombs 66 N.C. 345 1872 0 Action for an account North Carolina
Thorpe v. Burroughs 31 Ala. 159 1857 0 Action for arresting runaway enslaved person Alabama
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Action for Arson Committed by Defendant's Enslaved Person Alabama
Clayton v. Brown 30 Ga. 490 1860 0 Action for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Anthony v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 467 1872 0 Action for assault committed by a slave Mississippi
Jackson v. Jackson 37 Va. 448 1839 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Rich. Fred. & Pot. R. R. v. Snead & Smith 60 Va. 354 1869 0 Action for assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Crosby v. Hawthorn 25 Ala. 221 1854 0 Action for Attempting to Assist Enslaved Persons to Escape Alabama
Hope v. Alley 9 Tex. 394 1853 0 Action for breach of contract Texas
Alabama & Florida R. R. v. Watson 42 Ala. 74 1868 0 Action for breach of contract Alabama