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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wright v. McAlexander 11 Ala. 236 1847 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Courrt of Georgia
Nance v. Howard 1 Ill. 242 1828 0 Illinois
Commonwealth ex rel. Jesse v. Craig 1 Serg. & Rawle 23 1814 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Wilson v. Ivy 32 Miss. 233 1856 0 Right of action against 3rd person in case of fraud Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Spencer v. McDonald 22 Ark. 466 1861 0 Adverse possession of enslaved persons Arkansas
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Phœbe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Illinois
Camfranque v. Burnell 4 F. Cas. 1130 1806 0 Contract dispute Circuit Court, D. PA.
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Title dispute Circuit Court, D. PA.
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Improper registration of slave SC of PA.
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 Recovery for ejectment SC of PA.
Jones v. Conoway 4 Yeates 108 1804 0 Fraud SC of PA.
Respublica v. Deaves 3 Yeates 465 1803 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Tryphenia v. Harrison 24 F. Cas. 252 1806 0 Indictment against slave trader Circuit Court, D. PA.
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Lawes v. Chinn 4 Mart. (n.s.) 388 1826 0 Sales, injunction, capacity, property, debts, mortgages Louisiana