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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Collins v. Mitchell 3 Fla. 4 1850 0 Disputing an Obligation of Delivery Supreme Court of FL
Gregory v. Harrison 4 Fla. 56 1851 0 Disputing an Order of Final Settlement Supreme Court of FL
Hatcher v. Hampton 7 Ga. 49 1849 0 Dissolve of an injunction Georgia
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Distribuion of Slaves to Legal Heirs Supreme Court of FL
Evans v. Pearce 56 Va. 513 1860 0 Distribution of Assets SC of Appeals VA
Joslin v. Caughlin 26 Miss. 134 1853 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Tinnin v. Price 27 Miss. 619 1854 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Maxwell v. Craft 32 Miss. 307 1856 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Turner v. Ellis 24 Miss. 173 1852 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Robbins v. McMillan 26 Miss. 434 1853 0 Distribution of estate Mississippi
Jones v. Dexter 8 Fla. 276 1859 0 Distribution of Estate Supreme Court of FL
Blackwell’s Adm’r v. Blackwell’s Distributees 33 Ala. 57 1858 0 Distribution of estate dispute Alabama
Chaires v. Shepard 7 Fla. 77 1857 0 Distribution of Personal Estate to a Wife Supreme Court of FL
Mundy v. Calvert 40 Miss. 181 1866 0 Distribution of personal property, including slaves Mississippi
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Distribution of proceeds from sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Walton v. Olive 29 Miss. 270 1855 0 Distribution of slaves Mississippi
Foley v. McDonald 46 Miss. 238 1871 0 Distribution of slaves that were later emancipated Mississippi
Reynolds v. Nelson 41 Miss. 83 1866 0 Division and partition of land and slaves Mississippi