Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Gough v. Manning 26 Md. 347 1867 0 Maryland
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Black v. McBain 32 Ga. 128 1861 0 Promissory Note Georgia
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Maury v. Coleman 24 Ala. 381 1854 0 Execution of Promissory Note Alabama
Skelton v. The Ordinary 32 Ga. 266 1861 0 Invested funds Supreme Court of Georgia
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Henderson v. Adams 35 Ala. 723 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Gamble v. Gamble's Adm'r. 11 Ala. 966 1847 0 Detinue Alabama