Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Purcell's Adm'r v. Mather 35 Ala. 570 1860 0 Action for garnishment of wages Alabama
Sharp v. Burns & Coles 35 Ala. 653 1860 0 Action for Goods Sold and Delivered Alabama
Young v. McDaniel 50 N.C. 103 1857 0 Action for harboring a slave North Carolina
Bethea v. McColl 5 Ala. 308 1843 0 Action for Improper Conveyance of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Young v. Cook 30 Miss. 320 1855 0 Action for legacy consisting of an enslaved girl Mississippi
Cox v. State 32 Ga. 515 1861 0 action for murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brewer v. West 2 Tex. 376 1847 0 Action for payment of slave Texas
Armstead v. Thomas 9 Ala. 586 1846 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Gowings v. Loyd 4 Tex. 242 1849 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Cheatham v. Riddle 8 Tex. 162 1852 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 0 Action for repayment to loan slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Administrators of M'Allister v. Executors of Spiller 1 N.C. 95 1800 0 Action for stealing a slave North Carolina
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina
Bell v. Hogan 3 F. Cas. 107 1811 0 Action for the determination of whether or not the defendant is a salve United States
Ridge v. Featherston 15 Ark. 159 1854 0 Action for trespass Arkansas
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Tilman v. Stringer 26 Ga. 171 1858 0 Action for value of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Newell v. Mayberry 30 Va. 250 1831 0 Action in assumpsit SC of Appeals VA