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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Kidd 34 Miss. 291 1857 0 Satisfaction of execution of levy of personal estate Mississippi
Brown v. Johnson 20 La. 486 1868 0 Mortgage, deeds Louisiana
Brown v. Johnson 17 Ala. 232 1850 0 Right of Property Alabama
Brown v. Hicks 1 Ark. 232 1838 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Brown v. Haynes 59 N.C. 49 1860 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Handley 34 Va. 119 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Gunning's Curatrix 19 La. 462 1841 0 Obligations, successions, sales, property, suretyship, debts, prescription, damages Louisiana
Brown v. Greer 40 Tenn. 695 1859 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Recovery of slaves in equity Mississippi
Brown v. Glathary 4 La. Ann. 124 1849 0 Marital property, sales, judicial seizure, delivery, contracts, intervenor, leases, conflict of laws, leases Louisiana
Brown v. Foust 64 N.C. 672 1870 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Brown v. Fort 1 Mart. (o.s.) 34 1809 0 Promissory notes. libel, sales, consideration, evidence Louisiana
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Brown v. Ector 19 Tex. 346 1857 0 Property dispute Texas
Brown v. Dortch 59 Tenn. 740 1874 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Crawford 9 Hum. 164 1848 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA