Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rucker v. Harrison 20 Va. 181 1818 1 Virginia
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Davis v. State 43 Tenn. 77 1866 1 Tennessee
Land Development Co. v. Schulz 169 La. 1 1929 1 Louisiana
Harris v. Hillman 26 Ala. 380 1855 0 Detinue Alabama
Nugent v. Urania Lbr. Co. 16 La. App. 73 1931 1 Louisiana
Whitacre Partnership v. BioSignia, Inc. 153 N.C. App. 608 2002 1 North Carolina
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Newman v. Baer 50 La. Ann. 323 1897 0 Louisiana
Alexander v. Worthington 5 Md. 471 1853 0 Maryland
Gibson v. Governor ex rel. Stewart's Adm'r 38 Va. 600 1841 1 Virginia
Melvin v. Melvin 6 Md. 541 1854 0 Maryland
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Ekman v. Vallery 185 La. 488 1936 1 Louisiana
Lewis v. Buford 93 Ark. 57 1909 1 Arkansas
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama