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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Royall v. Eppes 16 Va. 479 1811 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Royall's Administrators v. Royall's Administrator 19 Va. 82 1816 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Royall's Administrators v. Johnson 22 Va. 421 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Rowly v. Kemp 2 La. Ann. 360 1847 0 Fieri facias, damages, sales, property, seizure, mortgages Louisiana
Rowley v. Rowley 19 La. 557 1841 0 Community property, property, divorce, partition, sales, mortgages Louisiana
Rowley v. Cummings 9 Miss. 340 1843 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Rowlett v. Shepherd 4 La. 86 1832 0 Sales, property, successions, mortgages, conflict of laws Louisiana
Rowlett v. Rowlett's Ex'ors 32 Va. 20 1834 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Rowlett v. Fulton 5 Tex. 458 1849 0 Action to recover value of slaves Texas
Rowland v. Walker 18 Ala. 749 1851 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Rowland v. Rorke 49 N.C. 337 1857 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Rowland v. Partin 54 N.C. 257 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Rowland v. Mann 28 N.C. 38 1845 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Rowland v. Boozer 10 Ala. 690 1846 0 Property dispute Alabama
Rowland's Adm'rs v. Shelton 25 Ala. 217 1854 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Rowland's Administrator v. Rowland 24 N.C. 61 1841 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Rowe v. State 11 Hum. 491 1851 0 Tennessee
Rowe v. Hall 1 La. 97 1830 0 Sales, promissory notes, mortgages,delivery, property, contracts Louisiana
Rowan v. Mercer 29 Tenn. 359 1849 0 Tennessee
Rowan v. Hutchisson 27 Ala. 328 1855 0 Challenged Ownership of Enslaved Persons Alabama