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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
State v. Shreve 1 N.J.L. 268 1794 Recovery for "body of negro" New Jersey
State v. Frees 1 N.J.L. 299 1794 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Quick 2 N.J.L. 413 1807 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Speer v. Van Orden 3 N.J.L. 653 1810 Recovery of debt New Jersey
Cutter v. Moore 8 N.J.L. 270 1825 Improper conveyance of slave New Jersey
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
State v. Pitney 1 N.J.L. 192 1793 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Overseers of Poor of Perth Amboy v. Overseers of Poor of Piscataway 19 N.J.L. 173 1842 Recovery for support of pauper New Jersey
State v. Administrators of Prall 1 N.J.L. 4 1790 Will & trust New Jersey
Gibbons v. Morse 7 N.J.L. 253 1821 Recovery for value of slave New Jersey
Williamson v. Chamberlain 10 N.J. Eq. 373 1855 Will & trust New Jersey
Dozier v. Freeman 47 Miss. 647 1873 0 Power of trustee to sell slaves in a trust Mississippi
Judge of Probate v. Alexander 31 Miss. 297 1856 0 Who title of issue goes to in case of enslaved woman bequeathed via a will Mississippi
Bohannon v. Fulton 31 Miss. 348 1856 0 When can purchaser recover money from sale that was "illegal" and "void" Mississippi
Jordan v. Thomas 31 Miss. 557 1856 0 Detinue for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Funchess v. Seibe 27 Miss. 26 1854 0 Division of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Gully v. Hull 31 Miss. 20 1856 0 Investment of proceeds from sale of paraphernal property in purchase of enslaved women Mississippi
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi