Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Action for recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Tate v. McCrary 21 Ala. 499 1852 0 Action for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Woodward v. Washburn 3 Denio 369 1846 0 Action for recovery of fair wages SC of New York
Simmons v. Cutreer 20 Miss. 584 1849 0 Action for recovery of faulty slave Mississippi
Friend v. Oliver 27 Ala. 532 1855 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Armstead v. Thomas 9 Ala. 586 1846 0 Action for recovery of property Alabama
Fowler v. Stonum 6 Tex. 60 1851 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Cheatham v. Riddle 8 Tex. 162 1852 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Horton v. Reynolds' Adm'rs 8 Tex. 284 1852 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Gowings v. Loyd 4 Tex. 242 1849 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Harris v. Whitcomb 70 Mass. 433 1855 0 Action for refusing to receive a vote Massachusetts
Wyche v. Greene 11 Ga. 159 1852 0 Action for repayment to loan slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Lee v. Portwood 41 Miss. 109 1866 0 Action for replevin Mississippi
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Baylor v. Scott 2 Port. 315 1835 0 Action for sheriff to sell enslaved persons Alabama
Bennett v. Black 1 Stew. 39 1827 0 Action for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Administrators of M'Allister v. Executors of Spiller 1 N.C. 95 1800 0 Action for stealing a slave North Carolina
Taylor v. Sorsby 1 Miss. 97 1821 0 Action for stealing slaves Mississippi
McLane v. Miller 12 Ala. 643 1847 0 Action for Stolen Enslaved Persons Alabama
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina