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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 650 1828 0 Hypothecary action, seizure, sales, property, mortgages, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Poydras v. Hiriart 6 Mart. (n.s.) 403 1828 0 Hypothecary action, sales, seizure, mortgages, property, debts, sequestration Louisiana
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Powers v. Inferior Court of Dougherty County 23 Ga. 65 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Young 51 Ala. 518 1874 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Powell v. Stratton 52 Va. 792 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Powell v. State 21 Ark. 509 1860 0 Enslaved person working at store that sold liquor Arkansas
Powell v. State 27 Ala. 51 1855 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 10 Ala. 900 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 21 N.C. 379 1836 0 Gifts North Carolina
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Trover of a Young Female Enslaved Person Alabama
Powell v. McKee 4 La. Ann. 108 1849 0 Possessory action, property, fraud Louisiana
Powell v. McDonald 42 N.C. 58 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. Leonard 9 Fla. 359 1861 0 Delivery of a Slave as a "Causa Mortis" Gift Supreme Court of FL
Powell v. Knox 16 Ala. 364 1849 0 Bankruptcy issue Alabama
Powell v. Governor 13 Ala. 516 1848 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama