Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Clark v. Tennison ex rel. Browning 33 Md. 85 1870 0 Maryland
Baird v. Bland 17 Va. 570 1812 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Alderson v. Biggars 14 Va. 470 1809 0 Action of detinue SC of Chancery VA
Bullitt, Miller & Co. v. Taylor & Richardson 34 Miss. 708 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Lewis v. Thompson 12 Va. 100 1808 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Green v. Vardiman 2 Blackf. 324 1830 0 Indiana
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
Smith v. Wiggins 3 Stew. 221 1830 0 Detinue for an Enslaved Person Alabama
Montgomery's Executors v. Kirksey 26 Ala. 172 1855 0 Right of Property Alabama
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Illinois
Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks 7 W. Va. 559 1874 0 West Virginia
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 0 Maryland
Maull v. Hays 12 Ala. 499 1847 0 Right of Property Alabama
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Illinois
Lewis & Nichols v. Gilmer 11 Miss. 560 1844 0 Adverse posession of a slave Mississippi
Bandel v. Isaac 13 Md. 202 1859 0 0 Maryland
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Hemming v. Elliott 66 Md. 197 1886 0 Maryland