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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
McGrew v. Cato's Executors 1 Minor 8 1820 0 Action against person for killing enslaved person Alabama
Hope v. Evans 12 Miss. 321 1845 0 Action against sale of slave Mississippi
Governor v. Baker 14 Ala. 652 1848 0 Action against sheriff for failure to return enslaved persons Alabama
Lewis v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 392 1872 0 Action against slave for religious acountability Mississippi
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Action against slave trader Massachusetts
United States v. Darnaud 25 F. Cas. 754 1855 0 Action against slave trader Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Abraham Ex'r v. Gray 14 Ark. 301 1853 0 Action against vendor Arkansas
Houston v. Burney 10 Miss. 583 1844 0 Action against vendor of slaves Mississippi
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Zachary v. Cadenhead 40 Ala. 236 1866 0 Action against woman on sale dispute Alabama
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lennard v. Jones 27 Ga. 309 1859 0 Action brought by trustee Supreme Court of Georgia
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Latimer v. Alexander 14 Ga. 259 1853 0 Action brought for payment for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Supreme Court of Georgia