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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Fones v. Rice 50 Va. 568 1853 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Barringer v. Boyd 27 Miss. 473 1854 0 Judgment against slaveholder Mississippi
Respublica v. Richards 1 Yeates 480 1795 0 Indictment for failure to abide by gradual abolition SC of PA.
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Recovery for slaves SC of PA.
Clark v. Beall 39 Ga. 533 1869 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Richards v. Swan 7 Gill 366 1848 0 Maryland
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Respublica v. Gaoler of Philadelphia County 1 Yeates 368 1794 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Glen v. Hodges 9 Johns. 67 1812 0 Action of trespass SC of New York
Link v. Beuner 3 Cai. 325 1805 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Quackenboss v. Lansing 6 Johns. 49 1810 0 Breach of contract SC of New York
Cramer v. Bradshaw 10 Johns. 484 1813 0 Breach of contract SC of New York
Babcock v. Stanley 11 Johns. 178 1814 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Trongott v. Byers 5 Cow. 480 1826 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 142 1826 0 Rape North Carolina
Ryan v. Lieber 30 Ga. 433 1860 0 Levy of personal property Supreme Court of Georgia