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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Kent v. Lyon 4 Fla. 474 1852 0 Enforcement of a Deed of Gift of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Braswell v. Downs 11 Fla. 62 1865 0 Enforcement of an Alleged Failed Trust Supreme Court of FL
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 0 Enforcement of an Encumberance Supreme Court of FL
McKay v. Friebele 8 Fla. 21 1858 0 Enforcement of an Instrument of Assignment Supreme Court of FL
Kendig v. Giles 9 Fla. 278 1860 0 Enforcement of a Personal Warranty Supreme Court of FL
Lines v. Smith 4 Fla. 47 1851 0 Enforcement of a Promissory Note Supreme Court of FL
New Med. Horizons II, Ltd. v. Jacobson 317 S.W.3d 421 2010 1 enforcement of arbitral award Texas
Walker v. Gatlin 12 Fla. 9 1867 0 Enforcement of a Slave Contract After Abolition Supreme Court of FL
Robertson v. Bruner 24 Miss. 242 1852 0 Enforcement of contract Mississippi
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Enforcement of Criminal Provisions for Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Enforcement of delivery of enslaved man Mississippi
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Enforcement of judgment through execution levied on slave Mississippi
Twelves v. Nevill 39 Ala. 175 1863 0 Enforcement of Trust Alabama
White v. Trotter 22 Miss. 30 1850 0 Enforcement on mortgage lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
McCartney v. King 25 Ala. 681 1854 0 Enforce Vendor's Lien for Purhcase of Land Alabama
Greenwood v. Coleman 34 Ala. 150 1859 0 Enforce Voluntary Conveyance Alabama
McLeod v. Dell 9 Fla. 451 1861 0 Enforecment of a Nuncipative Will Supreme Court of FL
State v. Santamaria 157 A.3d 409, 411 (N.H. 2017) 2017 1 English common law; writ of coram nobis for new trial New Hampshire
Davis v. Hubbard 38 Ala. 185 1861 0 Enjoining Recovery Action for an Enslaved Person Alabama
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi