All cases Involving slavery Cites cases involving slavery (1 degree removed) Cases including names of people involved Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Dakota Territory United States
Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Arabas v. Ivers 1 Root 92 1784 0 Civil Connecticut
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Barret v. Gaston 1 Ill. 255 1828 0 Illinois
Caesar V. Peabody 11 Johns. 68 1814 0 Civil SC of New York
Johnson v. Mason 3 D.C. 294 1828 0 United States
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Civil Connecticut
Harris v. Galbraith 43 Ill. 309 1867 0 Civil Illinois
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 General Ct. of VA
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Civil Ohio
Wright v. Ross 2 Greene 266 1849 0 Iowa
Micou v. National Bank 104 U.S. 530 1881 0 United States
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Civil New Hampshire
Walter & Smith v. Hoffman & Johnson 2 D.C. 651 1826 0 United States
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Reed v. Meaux 292 So. 2d 557 1974 1 Louisiana
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
State v. Carver 49 Me. 588 1861 1 Maine
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut