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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Buster v. Ruffner 19 Va. 27 1816 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Harris 13 Ark. 559 1853 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Boatright v. Meggs 18 Va. 145 1814 0 Action in detinue SC of Appeals VA
Maultsby v. Carty 11 Hum. 361 1850 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Sullivan 1 Swan 507 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Eskridge 1 Swan 413 1852 0 Tennessee
Adams v. State 1 Swan 466 1852 0 Tennessee
Jordan v. Fenno 13 Ark. 593 1853 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Logan v. State 40 Ala. 733 1867 0 Emancipation dispute Alabama
State Bank v. Bozeman 13 Ark. 631 1853 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Cox v. Hodge 1 Swan 371 1851 0 Tennessee
Bailey v. Rawley 1 Swan 295 1851 0 Tennessee
Ford v. Ford 1 Swan 431 1852 0 Tennessee
Westmoreland v. State 45 Ga. 225 1872 0 evidence of criminal insanity Georgia
Hooks v. Smith 18 Ala. 338 1850 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Athey v. Olive 34 Ala. 711 1859 0 Action for purchase of enslaved person Alabama
Brown v. May 15 Va. 288 1810 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
McLain v. Ferrell 1 Swan 48 1851 0 Tennessee
Eaves v. Gillespie 1 Swan 128 1851 0 Tennessee
Drew v. Anderson 5 Va. 51 1797 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA