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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hall v. Dargan 4 Ala. 696 1843 0 Action to condemn enslaved person Alabama
Salle v. Light's Exr's 4 Ala. 700 1843 0 Covenant Alabama
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Williams v. Brummel 4 Ark. 129 1842 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Levy dispute Arkansas
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Property dipsute Arkansas
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Pyeatt v. Spencer 4 Ark. 563 1842 0 Breach of warranty Arkansas
Robinson v. Calloway 4 Ark. 94 1842 0 Property post-death dispute Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
The Henry 4 Blatchf. 359 1859 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Recovery for slaves SC of PA.
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Harris v. Alexander 4 D.C. 1 1830 0 Slave Importation United States
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 Detinue United States
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Quando v. Clagett 4 D.C. 17 1830 0 Freedom Petition United States
Gilbert v. Ward 4 D.C. 171 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States