Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Brunson v. Martin 17 Ark. 270 1856 0 Recovery for wages Arkansas
Ware v. Cary 6 Va. 263 1800 1 Virginia
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Enslaved Persons from Texas Illegaly Brought to Alabama in Violation of Slave Trade Laws Alabama
Joliff v. City of Shreveport 144 La. 62 1918 1 Louisiana
Townshend v. Townshend 6 Md. 295 1854 0 Maryland
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Magruder v. Carroll 4 Md. 335 1853 0 Maryland
Ravenal v. Ingram 131 N.C. 549 1902 1 North Carolina
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Mundorff v. Kilbourn 4 Md. 459 1853 0 Maryland
Crane v. Gough 4 Md. 316 1853 0 Maryland
Glenn v. Chesapeake Bank 3 Md. 475 1853 0 Maryland
Downer v. Holgate 11 Wyo. 261 1903 1 Wyoming
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
State ex rel. Porterie v. Walmsley 162 So. 826 1935 1 Louisiana
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Western v. Pollard 55 Ky. 315 1855 0 Kentucky
W. T. Raleigh Co. v. Barnes 143 Miss. 597 1926 1 Mississippi
Creech v. Errington 21 So. 2d 761 1945 1 Louisiana