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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mitchell v. Cotten 2 Fla. 136 1848 0 Effectiveness and Recovery for a Security Note Supreme Court of FL
Sims v. Chance. 7 Tex. 561 1852 0 Recovery for wages of hired slave Texas
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Sam 13 N.C. 567 1830 0 Rape North Carolina
Harrison v. Battle 16 N.C. 537 1830 0 Action of debt North Carolina
State v. Moses 13 N.C. 452 1830 0 Assault North Carolina
State v. Arthur 13 N.C. 217 1829 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 508 1828 0 Rape North Carolina
Haynes v. Bessellieu 25 Ark. 499 1869 0 Inheritance of proceeds of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Dickens v. State 30 Ga. 383 1860 0 Misdemeanor Georgia
Logan v. Phillips 18 Mo. 22 1853 0 Missouri
Cicely v. State 21 Miss. 202 1849 0 Mississippi
Smith v. Henry 18 S.C.L. 118 1831 0 South Carolina
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States
Tracy v. Talmage 14 N.Y. 162 1856 0 New York
Skinner v. Hughes 13 Mo. 440 1850 0 Missouri
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia
Strong v. Willis 3 Fla. 124 1850 0 Execution of a Deed of Trust Supreme Court of FL
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas