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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Mullins 24 Miss. 204 1852 0 Purchase of enslaved person by administrator without authority Mississippi
Brown v. Nevitt 27 Miss. 801 1854 0 Foreclosure of mortgage on plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Brown v. Porter 7 Hum. 373 1846 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Pratt 56 N.C. 202 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Raby 14 La. Ann. 41 1859 0 Freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
Brown v. Ricks 30 Ga. 777 1860 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Roberts 14 La. Ann. 259 1859 0 Tutorship, bonds, suretyships Louisiana
Brown v. Robertson 4 F. Cas. 426 1843 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Brown v. Route 4 La. Ann. 270 1849 0 Promissory notes, property, mortgages, seizure, sales, successions, obligations Louisiana
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Brown v. Shields 33 Va. 440 1835 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave & Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Brown v. Smith 6 Miss. 387 1841 0 Purchase of property dispute Mississippi
Brown v. Stacy 5 Ark. 403 1844 0 Motion for a new trial Arkansas
Brown v. Stanford 22 Ark. 76 1860 0 Replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Brown v. State 51 Ga. 502 1874 0 evidence newly discovered Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. State 35 Ga. 232 1866 0 Simple larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. State 23 Md. 503 1865 0 Maryland