Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
People v. Petrea 1 N.Y. Crim. 198 1882 1 New York
Abernethy v. Wayne County Branch of the State Bank 5 Ohio St. 266 1855 1 Ohio
Abernethy v. Commonwealth 101 Pa. 322 1882 1 Pennsylvania
Campbell v. Miller 562 S.W.2d 827 1977 1 Tennessee
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Purchaser of Enslaved Person property disptue Alabama
McKinney v. Daniels 135 Ga. 157 1910 1 Georgia
Webster v. Heard 32 Tex. 685 1870 1 Texas
Poindexter v. Davis 47 Va. 481 1850 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Scott v. Sandford 60 U.S. 393 1856 0 Freedom suit United States
Hardin v. State 22 Ind. 347 1864 1 Indiana
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 Selling Liquor to 'negroes' in a public manner. /Disorderly House United States
Isbell v. Butler 2 Va. Col. Dec. 40 1734 0 Virginia
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McKinne v. Dickenson 24 Fla. 366 1888 1 Florida
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 Slave (Property) Entailment General Ct. of VA
Shelby v. Guy 24 U.S. 361 1826 0 Wills & Estates United States
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cholett v. Hart 2 S.C.L. 156 1798 0 Property South Carolina
Sellars v. Kelly 45 Miss. 323 1871 0 Whether slaves can be hired out by a wife when they are joint property with her husband Mississippi
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee