Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Union Bank v. Stafford 53 U.S. 327 1851 0 Contracts United States
Dunn v. Sanders 243 Ga. 684 1979 1 Georgia
People v. Petrea 64 How. Pr. 139 1882 1 New York
Tanner v. Tanner 52 Ga. App. 460 1936 1 Georgia
Cloud v. Calhoun 31 S.C. Eq. 358 1858 0 Trusts & Estates South Carolina
Garner v. Executors of Garner 1 S.C. Eq. 437 1795 0 Wills & Estates South Carolina
Long v. State 12 Ga. 293 1852 0 Georgia
Danzell v. Webquish 108 Mass. 133 1871 0 Estate Dispute Massachusetts
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Campbell v. Holt 115 U.S. 620 1885 0 Wills & Estates United States
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Hines v. State 93 Ga. 187 1893 1 Georgia
Orr v. Ingle 18 F. Cas. 833 1819 0 Replevin United States
Osborn v. Nicholson 18 F. Cas. 846 1870 0 Debt and warranty for enslaved person United States
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Mitchell v. Wilson 3 D.C. 92 1827 0 Replevin United States
Mitchell v. Wilson 17 F. Cas. 524 1827 1 United States
Sorrey v. Bright 21 N.C. 113 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky