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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ex parte Millwee 24 Ark. 364 1866 0 Sale of enslaved persons and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Personal Property issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. Cromwell 4 Ill. 71 1841 0 Illinois
Holmes v. Johnson 42 Pa. 159 1862 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Presnell v. Landers 40 N.C. 251 1848 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Scott, Harper & Co. v. Dansby 12 Ala. 714 1848 0 Mortgage of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Moore v. Steele 29 Tenn. 562 1850 0 Tennessee
Frazer's Adm'r v. Bevill 52 Va. 9 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
In re Charge to Grand Jury - Treason 5 Pa. L.J. 55 1851 0 Assault Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Boaler v. Cummines 3 F. Cas. 776 1853 0 Wrongful detetion District Court, E.D. PA.
Bridges v. Nicholson 20 Ga. 90 1856 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Beltzhoover v. Costen 7 Pa. 13 1847 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Smith v. Crandall 20 Md. 482 1864 0 Maryland
Washington v. Emery 57 N.C. 32 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina