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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Prosser v. Henderson 11 Ala. 484 1847 0 Dispute over Ownership of Ensalved Persons Alabama
Phillips v. Hawkins 1 Fla. 262 1847 0 Dispute Over Ownership of a Slave After Property was Levied Supreme Court of FL
Small v. Pool 30 N.C. 47 1847 0 Action of deceit North Carolina
Donnell v. Mateer's Ex'rs 40 N.C. 7 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
White v. Strother 11 Ala. 720 1847 0 Trover Alabama
Thompson v. Ford 29 N.C. 420 1847 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Folk v. Whitley 30 N.C. 133 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
English v. Tomlinson 27 Tenn. 378 1847 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Swift 12 Ala. 144 1847 0 Action of detinue to recover enslaved person Alabama
Wills v. Spraggins 44 Va. 555 1847 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Mullen v. Ensley 27 Tenn. 428 1847 0 Tennessee
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Weaks 26 Tenn. 522 1847 0 Tennessee
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Rankin v. Bell 2 La. Ann. 486 1847 0 Petitory action, successions, property, sales, seizure, wills, acquisitive prescription, adverse possession Louisiana
Taylor v. State 26 Tenn. 510 1847 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185 1847 0 Tennessee
Gray v. Hays 26 Tenn. 588 1847 0 Tennessee
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
Cook v. Kennerly 12 Ala. 42 1847 0 Detinue Alabama