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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Newell v. Mayberry 30 Va. 250 1831 0 Action in assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Faulkner v. Faulkner's Ex'ors 30 Va. 255 1831 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Cook 30 Va. 32 1831 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gallego's Ex'ors v. Attorney General 30 Va. 450 1832 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lynch v. Thomas 30 Va. 682 1832 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Shields v. Anderson 30 Va. 729 1832 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Rucker's Adm'r v. Gilbert 30 Va. 8 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Traun v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 136 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Wittick's Adm'r v. Keiffer 31 Ala. 199 1857 0 Detinue Alabama
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Recovery of Enslaved Person Alabama
Jones v. Trawick’s Adm’r 31 Ala. 253 1857 0 Trover Alabama
Pinkston v. McLemore 31 Ala. 308 1857 0 Dispute over Estate Alabama
Godfrey v. State 31 Ala. 323 1858 0 Indictment for Murder Alabama
McConeghy v. McCaw 31 Ala. 447 1858 0 Trover Alabama
Intendant of Livingston v. Pippin 31 Ala. 542 1858 0 Action against corporation for breach of contract Alabama
Bloodgood v. Grasey 31 Ala. 575 1858 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Dispute over Contract Alabama
Roberts v. Fleming 31 Ala. 683 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wade v. Powell 31 Ga. 1 1860 0 Two Actions of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Hollis 31 Ga. 143 1860 0 Slave Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia