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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gowings v. Loyd 4 Tex. 242 1849 0 Action for recovery of slaves Texas
Dunn v. Choate 4 Tex. 7 1849 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Blakely's v. Duncan 4 Tex. 92 1849 0 Damages for wrongful detention of slave Texas
Respublica v. Bob 4 U.S. 125 1795 0 Indictment for first degree murder SC of PA.
Mercer v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 144 1818 0 Sale of a free man General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 Suffering a slave General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Cohen 4 Va. 158 1819 0 Second Degree Murder General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Mann 4 Va. 210 1820 0 Sexual Assault General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Tyree 4 Va. 262 1821 0 ?? General Ct of VA
Peter v. Commonwealth 4 Va. 330 1823 0 Murder General Ct of VA
Commonwealth v. Booth 4 Va. 394 1824 0 Assault and battery of a slave General Ct of VA
Selden v. Coalter 4 Va. 533 1818 0 Wills & Estate General Ct of VA
Jennings v. Paine 4 Wis. 358 1856 0 Wisconsin
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Parker v. Clarkson 4 W. Va. 407 1870 0 West Virginia
Jones v. Conoway 4 Yeates 108 1804 0 Fraud SC of PA.
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Improper registration of slave SC of PA.
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Recovery for slave SC of PA.
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 Recovery for ejectment SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.