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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Detinue Alabama
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Detinue for wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Singleton v. Gayle 8 Port. 270 1838 0 Bill to Foreclose Mortgage Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
Heirs of Capal v. M'Millan 8 Port. 197 1838 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Detinue for a Enslaved Person Alabama
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Fox v. Lambson 8 N.J.L. 339 1826 0 Valididity of slave as witness New Jersey
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. 96 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Spiers v. Alexander 8 N.C. 67 1820 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Foster v. Cook 8 N.C. 509 1821 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ryden v. Jones 8 N.C. 497 1821 0 Sales North Carolina
Horton v. Hagler's executor 8 N.C. 48 1820 0 Sales North Carolina
State v. Goode 8 N.C. 463 1821 0 Larceny North Carolina
State v. M'Dowell 8 N.C. 449 1821 0 Trespass North Carolina