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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Harrison v. Berkley 32 S.C.L. 525 1847 0 South Carolina
Priester v. Augley 39 S.C.L. 44 1851 0 South Carolina
Hill v. Cunningham 25 Tex. 25 1860 0 Texas
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Plaintiff suing defendant for value of slave Texas
Sims v. Chance. 7 Tex. 561 1852 0 Recovery for wages of hired slave Texas
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Sam 13 N.C. 567 1830 0 Rape North Carolina
Harrison v. Battle 16 N.C. 537 1830 0 Action of debt North Carolina
State v. Moses 13 N.C. 452 1830 0 Assault North Carolina
State v. Arthur 13 N.C. 217 1829 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 508 1828 0 Rape North Carolina
Wyche v. Greene 16 Ga. 49 1854 0 Georgia
Dickens v. State 30 Ga. 383 1860 0 Misdemeanor Georgia
Logan v. Phillips 18 Mo. 22 1853 0 Missouri
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York