Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Illinois
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 Property General Ct. of VA
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 12 Mass. 400 1815 0 Recovery for expenses SC of Mass.
In re Archy 9 Cal. 147 1858 0 California
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Pool v. Morris 29 Ga. 374 1859 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
M'Gowen v. Young 2 Stew. & P. 160 1832 0 Injunction against Removal of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Givens v. Manns 20 Va. 191 1818 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Coleman v. Dickenson 2 Va. Col. Dec. 111 1740 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
McNeill's Adm'r v. McNeill 35 Ala. 30 1859 0 Dispute over Will Alabama