Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Bennett 12 La. Ann. 253 1857 0 Partition, intestacy, marital property Louisiana
Bennett v. Fail 26 Ala. 605 1855 0 Assumpsit on a Promissory Note for Three Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bennett v. Merritt 59 N.C. 263 1862 0 Trusts North Carolina
Bennett v. State 1 Swan 411 1852 0 Tennessee
Bennett v. Toler 56 Va. 588 1860 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Bennett v. Williamson 30 N.C. 121 1847 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Benning v. Nelson 23 Ala. 801 1853 0 Right of Property Alabama
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 8 La. 228 1835 0 Partition, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
Benoit v. Broussard 19 La. 387 1841 0 Successions, sales, agency, contracts, property Louisiana
Benton v. Pope 24 Tenn. 392 1844 0 Tennessee
Ben v. Peete 23 Va. 539 1824 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 365 1806 0 Freedom Suit/Petition/Process United States
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 407 1807 0 Freedom Petition United States
Ben v. Scott 1 D.C. 350 1806 0 Freedom Petition United States
Berard v. Berard 9 La. 156 1836 0 Freedom suit, property, successions Louisiana
Bernardine v. Despinasse 6 Mart. (n.s.) 94 1827 0 Freedom suit, sales, successions, partition, trusts, emancipation, contracts Louisiana
Bernard v. Herbert 3 D.C. 346 1828 0 Detinue United States
Bernard v. McKenna 4 D.C. 130 1831 0 Detinue United States
Berret v. Adams 10 La. Ann. 77 1855 0 Sales, redhibition, promissory note Louisiana
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi