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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Masson v. Anderson 62 Tenn. 290 1873 0 Tennessee
Barry v. Frayser 57 Tenn. 206 1872 0 Tennessee
Clay v. East, Tennessee & Virginia Railroad 53 Tenn. 421 1871 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. Reed 39 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Odom v. Owen 61 Tenn. 446 1873 0 Tennessee
Shawn v. Bishop 2 Del. Cas. 208 1804 0 Payment due due to failure to pay plaintiff for purchase of an enslaved individual Delaware
Case of Jones 2 Del. Cas. 622 1821 0 Order of replevein of three kidnapped enslaved individuals Delaware
Evans v. Evans 2 Del. Cas. 203 1804 0 Trover action for one enslaved person to the proper heir but four other in this case Delaware
Curd v. Bonner 44 Tenn. 632 1867 0 Tennessee
State v. Davidson 42 Tenn. 184 1865 0 Tennessee
Pearson v. Johnson 34 Tenn. 580 1855 0 Tennessee
State v. Adams 2 Del. Cas. 190 1803 0 Indictment for kidnapping an enslaved woman Delaware
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware
Bostick v. Elliott 40 Tenn. 507 1859 0 Tennessee
State v. Absolom 2 Del. Cas. 32 1808 0 Free man who was deemed enslaved after he committed larceny Delaware
Sutton's Will 2 Del. Cas. 364 1817 0 Will of an enslaved woman; not at issue in the case Delaware
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Saunders v. Wilder 39 Tenn. 577 1859 0 Tennessee
Clayton v. Solomon Banks 1 Del. Cas. 520 1814 0 Escaped enslaved man returned to serve rest of his servitude Delaware