Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Spencer v. Pilcher 35 Va. 565 1887 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Randall v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 254 1872 0 Action naming negro a slave Mississippi
Striplin v. Ware 36 Ala. 87 1860 0 Action of adultery Alabama
Hunter v. Fulcher 26 Va. 126 1827 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sallust v. Ruth 25 Va. 67 1826 0 Action of assault, battery, & to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Brent v. Richards 43 Va. 539 1846 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Baird 52 N.C. 152 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Fessenden v. Jones 52 N.C. 14 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Watson v. Davis. 52 N.C. 178 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Edwards v. Kelly 53 N.C. 69 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Bond v. McBoyle 52 N.C. 1 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Page v. Einstein 52 N.C. 147 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Odom v. Bryan 53 N.C. 211 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Hudson v. Critcher 53 N.C. 485 1862 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Davis v. Golston 53 N.C. 28 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Foster ex rel. Carrier v. Mills 52 N.C. 606 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Taylor's Administratrix v. Richards 17 Va. 8 1811 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Young v. Warne 41 Va. 420 1843 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Woodfin v. Asheville Mutual Insurance 51 N.C. 558 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina