Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
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
Dyer v. State 79 Tenn. 509 1883 1 Tennessee
Chairs v. State 124 Tenn. 630 1911 1 Tennessee
Pennel v. State 122 Tenn. 622 1909 1 Tennessee
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Patton v. Hamner 33 Ala. 307 1858 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 Estate dispute United States
Weir's Will 39 Ky. 434 1840 0 Will and Estate Kentucky
White v. Green 36 N.C. 45 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Williams v. Buster 5 W. Va. 342 1872 0 West Virginia
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Wheeler v. Campbell 12 Cal. App. 707 1910 Trusts and Estates California