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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burroughs v. Jenkins 62 N.C. 33 1866 0 Deed of Conveyance North Carolina
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Burrough v. Brooks 40 Tenn. 392 1859 0 Tennessee
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Burrow v. Ragland 25 Tenn. 481 1846 0 Tennessee
Burrow v. State 12 Ark. 65 1851 0 Indictment against person for intent to seize enslaved person Arkansas
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 Freedom Petition for unlawful importation and sale United States
Burton's adr. v. Lockert's exrs. 9 Ark. 411 1849 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Burton's Heirs v. Burton 14 La. 352 1840 0 Successions, property, debts, partition, doncations Louisiana
Burton v. Black 32 Ga. 53 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Burton v. Burton 4 Del. 38 1843 0 Replevin to which individual in a will Delaware
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Burton v. Chaney 3 La. Ann. 338 1848 0 Promissory notes, property, sales, prescription, contracts Louisiana
Burton v. Hearn 1 Del. Cas. 78 1795 0 Money for illegal transportation of another's enslaved individual Delaware
Burton v. Holley 29 Ala. 318 1856 0 Wrongful Taking of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Burton v. Lawrence 4 Tex. 187 1849 0 Action to recover wages Texas
Burton v. Scott 24 Va. 399 1825 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Burton v. Wheeler 42 N.C. 217 1851 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Burts v. Duncan 36 Ga. 575 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia