Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Blassingame v. Rose 34 Ga. 418 1866 0 appeal for property debt Georgia
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Newcomer v. Orem 2 Md. 297 1852 0 Maryland
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Weaver v. Yeatmans 15 Ala. 539 1849 0 Right of Property Alabama
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Mangun v. Webster 7 Gill 78 1848 0 Maryland
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Hamilton v. Rogers 8 Md. 301 1855 0 Maryland
Jerry v. Townshend 9 Md. 145 1856 0 Maryland
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
Townshend v. Matthews 10 Md. 251 1856 0 Maryland
McCurdy v. Terry 33 Ga. 49 1861 0 Recovery for Covenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
People ex rel. Hedgman v. Board of Registration 26 Mich. 51 1872 0 Michigan
Williamson v. Mason 23 Ala. 488 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Carmichael v. Walters 33 Ga. 316 1862 0 slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Pate v. Baker 35 Va. 80 1837 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA