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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Doe ex dem. Holman v. Crane 16 Ala. 570 1849 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Carter v. Burris 18 Miss. 527 1848 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Watson v. Dickens 20 Miss. 608 1849 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Eckles v. Carter 26 Ala. 563 1855 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Anderson v. Hooks 9 Ala. 704 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Randall v. Shrader 20 Ala. 338 1852 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Prewett v. Dobbs 21 Miss. 431 1850 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Payne v. Bruton 10 Ark. 53 1849 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
McKiernan v. Massingill 14 Miss. 375 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Distributees of Mitchell v. Mitchell's Adm'r. 8 Ala. 414 1845 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Fitzgerald v. Reed 17 Miss. 94 1847 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Bill of sale dispute SC of PA.
Harris v. Miller 30 Ala. 221 1857 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
State v. Mount 1 N.J.L. 337 1795 Bill of sale dispute New Jersey
Arnold v. McNeill 17 Ark. 179 1856 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Ferguson v. Moore 19 Ark. 379 1858 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Stampers v. Johnson 3 Tex. 1 1848 1 Bill of sale dispute Texas
Irons v. Reynolds 28 Ala. 305 1856 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Thomas v. Chance 11 Tex. 634 1854 0 Bill of sale dispute Texas
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama