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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
Delony v. Fort 45 Ga. 122 1872 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Fones v. Rice 50 Va. 568 1853 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 142 1826 0 Rape North Carolina
Chester v. Greer 24 Tenn. 26 1844 0 Tennessee
Cain v. Busby 30 Ga. 714 1860 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Kennedy’s Heirs v. Kennedy’s Heirs 2 Ala. 571 1841 0 Alabama
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Ingalls v. Bulkley 15 Ill. 224 1853 0 Illinois
Rodney v. Illinois Central Railroad 19 Ill. 42 1857 0 Illinois
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama