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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carter v. Webb 1 Jefferson 123 1772 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Robin v. Hardaway 1 Jefferson 109 1772 0 Actions of trespass, assault and battery General Ct. of VA
Coleman v. Dickinson 1 Jefferson 67 1740 0 Trusts General Ct. of VA
Rheubottom v. Sadler Exr. 19 Ark. 491 1858 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Tucker v. Sweney 1 Va. Col. Dec. 149 1730 0 Action of debt General Ct. of VA
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Glanton v. Anthony 15 Ark. 543 1855 0 Property dispute Arkansas
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Prater v. Frazier 11 Ark. 249 1850 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Smith v. Jones & Jones 8 Ark. 109 1847 0 Loaned enslaved person disptue Arkansas
Ex parte Norton 44 Ala. 177 1870 0 Breach of warranty Alabama
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Holt v. Bowman 33 Ga. Supp. 129 1864 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia