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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Philip v. Kirkpatrick 2 Yeates 444 1799 0 Recovery for services SC of PA.
Ward v. State 37 Ala. 158 1861 0 Indictment for Gaming with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Respublica v. Richards 1 Yeates 480 1795 0 Indictment for failure to abide by gradual abolition SC of PA.
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Recovery for slaves SC of PA.
McKinney v. Burns 31 Ga. 295 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Beall 39 Ga. 533 1869 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Partus Sequitur/ Freedom Suit SC of PA.
United States v. Buck 24 F. Cas. 1289 1860 0 Indictment under fugitive slave act District Court, E.D. PA.
Harkey v. Harkey 36 N.C. 394 1841 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Jones v. Jones 36 N.C. 332 1841 0 Sales North Carolina
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Dwilling 14 Serg. & Rawle 442 1826 0 Wrongful detetion SC of PA.
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Smith v. Hoff 1 Cow. 127 1823 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Petry v. Christy 19 Johns. 53 1821 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York