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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Balfour v. Chew 5 Mart. (n.s.) 517 1827 0 Injunction, property, mortgages, seizure, wills, recordation, conflict of laws Louisiana
Ballentine v. Spear 61 Tenn. 269 1872 0 Tennessee
Ball v. Johnson's Ex'or 49 Va. 281 1851 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bank of Alabama v. Croft 6 Ala. 622 1844 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Bank of Kentucky v. Conner 4 La. Ann. 365 1849 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, property, fraud, creditor's rights Louisiana
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Vedict for interpleader for enslaved person Arkansas
Bank of the State v. Forney 37 N.C. 181 1842 0 Trusts North Carolina
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 Fradulent Contracts/Equity United States
Bank of the United States v. Smith 4 D.C. 712 1836 0 United States
Banks v. Botts 10 La. 42 1836 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, property Louisiana
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Barclay v. Sewell 12 La. Ann. 262 1857 0 Property, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Barham v. Massey 27 N.C. 192 1844 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Barker v. Justice 41 Miss. 240 1866 0 Sale of a slave without certificate of condition Mississippi
Barker v. Stacy 25 Miss. 471 1853 0 Proper notice of sale of property? Mississippi
Barker v. Swain 57 N.C. 220 1858 0 Interpleading bill North Carolina
Barker v. Wheelip 24 Tenn. 329 1844 0 Tennessee
Barksdale v. Elam 30 Miss. 694 1856 0 How illegal condition affects a contract Mississippi
Barlow v. Norfleet 72 N.C. 535 1875 0 Action to recover value of a slave North Carolina