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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Lenox v. Notrebe 15 F. Cas. 319 1834 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Janes v. Buzzard 13 F. Cas. 344 1834 0 Action of assumpsit for work of enslaved persons Arkansas
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Johnston v. Turner 29 Ark. 280 1874 0 Petition for homestead Arkansas
Richardson v. Thomas 28 Ark. 387 1873 0 Debt for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Byrd v. Clendenin 11 Ark. 572 1851 0 Bill to enforce property ownership Arkansas
Anderson v. Mills 28 Ark. 175 1873 0 Debt secured by enslaved persons Arkansas
Campbell v. Rankin 28 Ark. 401 1873 0 Vendor's lien on enslaved persons Arkansas
Hughes v. Pike 27 Ark. 298 1871 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Sheppard v. Thomas 26 Ark. 617 1871 0 Intepretation of contract of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Green v. Brooks 25 Ark. 318 1869 0 Appropriation of estate including enslaved person Arkansas
Quinlan v. Fitzpatrick 25 Ark. 471 1869 0 Administration of state with emancipated enslaved person Arkansas
Willis v. Halliburton 25 Ark. 173 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
McWillie v. Martin 25 Ark. 556 1869 0 Challenge to executor actions that included sale of "a negro woman" Arkansas
Haynes v. Bessellieu 25 Ark. 499 1869 0 Inheritance of proceeds of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Russell v. Shute 25 Ark. 469 1869 0 Judgement for debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Jacoway v. Denton 25 Ark. 625 1869 0 Finding Arkansas constitutional provision that invalidates contract for sale of enslaved persons unconstitutional Arkansas
Atkins v. Busby 25 Ark. 176 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Buchanan v. Nixon 26 Ark. 47 1870 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas