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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Powell 6 La. Ann. 449 1851 0 Criminal law, larceny Louisiana
State v. Presnell 34 N.C. 103 1851 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
State v. Quick 2 N.J.L. 413 1807 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
State v. Reed 12 Md. 263 1858 0 Maryland
State v. Ritchie 3 La. Ann. 511 1848 0 Conversion, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 Indictment for playing cards with a slave North Carolina
State v. Robbins 31 N.C. 356 1849 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
State v. Robbins 48 N.C. 249 1855 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Roland 28 N.C. 241 1846 0 Indictment for marry a slave North Carolina
State v. Sam 13 N.C. 567 1830 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Sam 53 N.C. 150 1860 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Sam 60 N.C. 300 1864 0 Sexual Assault North Carolina
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Sandy 25 N.C. 570 1843 0 Indictment for arson North Carolina
State v. Schoolfield 29 Tex. 501 1861 0 Texas
State v. Scott 8 N.C. 24 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Shreve 1 N.J.L. 268 1794 Recovery for "body of negro" New Jersey
State v. Smith 2 Del. Cas. 164 1802 0 Indictment for larceny and whether enslave dmen could own property; No property; guilty and sentenced to lashing Delaware
State v. Solomon 15 La. Ann. 463 1860 0 Criminal Law, Acquittal, Punishments Louisiana