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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hook v. Pagee 16 Va. 379 1811 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 Action of trespass, assault, battery, false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Hooks v. Lee 42 N.C. 83 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Hooks v. Lee 43 N.C. 157 1851 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Hooker v. Johnson 6 Fla. 730 1856 0 Dispute Over a Slave Contract Supreme Court of FL
Hooe v. Pierce 1 Va. 212 1793 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hood v. Segrest 1 Rob. 109 1841 0 Petitory action, delivery, possessory action Louisiana
Hood v. Segrest 12 La. 210 1845 0 Possessory action, petitory action, sales, mortgages, property, prescription Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Murder, torts, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 16 La. 240 1840 0 Murder, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Honey v. Clark 37 Tex. 686 1873 0 Texas
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Holton v. McAllister 51 N.C. 12 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain 1 La. Ann. 136 1846 0 Damages, privileges, in rem, witness testimony, impeachment, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Holmes v. Patterson 5 Mart. (o.s.) 693 1818 0 Successions, property, sales, contracts, consideration, donations Louisiana
Holmesly v. Hogue 47 N.C. 391 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Holman v. Murdock 34 Miss. 275 1857 0 Importation of slaves uncertified for sale Mississippi
Holloway v. Cotten 33 Ala. 529 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Holloway v. Armstrong 30 Miss. 504 1855 0 Suit for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi