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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Wright v. McAlexander 11 Ala. 236 1847 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Graham v. Graham 1 Serg. & Rawle 330 1815 0 Perjury SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Jesse v. Craig 1 Serg. & Rawle 23 1814 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Claim for freedom SC of PA.
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Action to recover price of slave SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Edwards 6 Binn. 202 1813 0 SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Schwartz v. Insurance Co. of North America 6 Binn. 378 1814 0 Insurance Dispute SC of PA.
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons for debt of estate Arkansas
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Bowman 24 F. Cas. 1212 1808 0 Indictment of alleged slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.