Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Amos v. State 34 Ga. 531 1866 0 Sell of liquor to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Coles v. County of Madison 1 Ill. 154 1826 0 Illinois
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Property Tennessee
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. Mason 3 D.C. 294 1828 0 Freedom Petition United States
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 1859 0 Tennessee
Violette v. Ball 2 D.C. 102 1814 0 Freedom Petition United States
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Bates v. Murphy 2 Stew. & P. 165 1832 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
McDaniel v. Baskervill 54 Va. 228 1856 0 Trusts & Estates SC of Appeals VA
Costin v. Corporation of Washington 2 D.C. 254 1821 0 Municipal Corporations United States
Brent v. Armfield 4 F. Cas. 60 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 Wills and Bequeathments United States
Respublica v. Bob 4 U.S. 125 1795 0 Indictment for first degree murder SC of PA.
Wilson v. Hinkley 1 Kirby 199 1787 0 Connecticut
Spivey v. Platon 29 Ark. 603 1874 0 Debt for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N. 1 G. & J. 270 1829 0 Maryland