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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Pitts v. McWhorter 3 Ga. 5 1847 0 Consideration for property purchased Georgia
Holland v. Miller 12 La. Ann. 624 1857 0 Consideration, judgment made on insane person, recovery for enslaved persons, contracts, fraud Louisiana
Neilson v. Neilson 25 La. Ann. 528 1873 0 Consideration of contract Louisiana
Brewer v. Morgan 13 Ala. 551 1848 0 Consideration of contract dispute Alabama
Davidson v. Jones 26 Miss. 56 1853 0 Consideration of deed Mississippi
Curry v. Davis 44 Ala. 281 1870 0 Consideration of sale dispute Alabama
United States v. Soper 4 D.C. 623 1835 0 Conspiracy United States
United States v. The Isla De Cuba 26 F. Cas. 553 1860 0 Conspiracy to engage in the slave trade United States
Lewis v. Spalding 2 D.C. 68 1812 0 Conspiracy to Kidnap a slave United States
State v. Tom 13 N.C. 569 1830 0 Conspiracy to murder North Carolina
United States v. Spalding 4 D.C. 616 1835 0 Conspiracy to sell a freeperson as a slave United States
A.B. v. State 949 N.E.2d 1204 2011 1 const. interp Indiana
State v. Henry 15 La. Ann. 297 1860 0 Constitutional Interpretation, Criminal Law Louisiana
Horton v. Oregon Health & Sci. Univ. 359 Or. 168 2016 1 constitutionality of statute limiting tort damages Oregon
Administrator of Allen v. Peden 5 N.C. 638 1816 0 Constitutional Law North Carolina
African Methodist Episcopal Church v. City of New Orleans 15 La. Ann. 441 1860 0 Constitutional law, free persons, property Louisiana
Sherrod v. Sherrod's Adm'rs 38 Ala. 537 1863 0 Construction dispute Alabama
Davis v. Herndon 39 Miss. 484 1860 0 Construction of a deed loaning slaves for life Mississippi
Gray v. Bridgeforth 33 Miss. 312 1857 0 Construction of clause in will Mississippi
Currie v. Murphy 35 Miss. 473 1858 0 Construction of clauses in will bequeathing slaves Mississippi