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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 Bill for injunction to set aside deeds North Carolina
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Potts ex rel. Potts v. Carls 3 Del. 86 1840 0 Procedural issue with a petition of freedom Delaware
Potts v. House 6 Ga. 324 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Pounds v. Richards 21 Ala. 424 1852 0 Conversion of enslaved persons Alabama
Pournell v. Harris 29 Ga. 736 1860 0 Will and Trust and Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 456 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Powell v. Cook 15 N.C. 499 1834 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Powell v. Leonard 9 Fla. 359 1861 0 Delivery of a Slave as a "Causa Mortis" Gift Supreme Court of FL
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Trover of a Young Female Enslaved Person Alabama
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. State 21 Ark. 509 1860 0 Enslaved person working at store that sold liquor Arkansas
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA