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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Prater v. Frazier 11 Ark. 249 1850 0 Will & trust Arkansas
United States v. The Reindeer 2 Cliff. 57 1861 0 United States
Puryear v. Puryear 16 Ala. 486 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Albertson, Douglass & Co. v. Goldsby 28 Ala. 711 1856 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Ozley v. Ikelheimer 26 Ala. 332 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
Gray v. Saffold's Administrators 5 Ark. 637 1844 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Sheckell v. Jackson 64 Mass. 25 1852 0 Manumission of a fugitive slave Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Parker v. Lewis 18 F. Cas. 1145 1829 0 Property dispute Arkansas
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Robinson v. County Commissioners 12 Md. 132 1858 0 Maryland
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
McChesney v. Brown's Heirs 66 Va. 393 1874 0 Conveyance of property SC of Appeals VA
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Cocke v. Minor 66 Va. 246 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Battiste 24 F. Cas. 1042 1835 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Perkins v. Brown 29 Ga. 412 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia