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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Bacon 27 Miss. 589 1854 0 Levy on enslaved persons Mississippi
Brown v. Bell 14 Fla. 71 1872 0 Warrantly of Title for Soundness of Slaves Sold Supreme Court of FL
Brown v. Bennett 55 Ga. 189 1875 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Bibb 42 Tenn. 434 1865 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brooks 52 N.C. 93 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 12 Md. 87 1858 0 Maryland
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 5 Ala. 508 1843 0 Detinue Alabama
Brown v. Brown 15 La. Ann. 169 1860 0 Wills, Sales, recovery of enslaved persons. Louisiana
Brown v. Burrus 8 Mo. 26 1843 0 Missouri
Brown v. Cannon 40 Tenn. 354 1859 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Clegg 41 N.C. 90 1849 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Cobb 10 La. 172 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, debts, partition Louisiana
Brown v. Collins 14 Ark. 421 1854 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina