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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Sowam 2 Del. Cas. 180 1803 0 Indictment for receiving stolen goods; ruled not guilty Delaware
State v. Sparrow 4 N.C. 93 1817 0 Larceny North Carolina
State v. Sue 1 N.C. 54 1800 0 Attempted murder North Carolina
State v. Tackett 8 N.C. 210 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Taylor 11 La. Ann. 430 1856 0 Murder of enslaved persons, evidence Louisiana
State v. Thompson 13 La. Ann. 515 1858 0 Theft of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Tindal 2 Del. Cas. 169 1802 0 Indictment for kidnapping an enslaved person; not guilty Delaware
State v. Tom 13 N.C. 569 1830 0 Conspiracy to murder North Carolina
State v. Tom 44 N.C. 214 1853 0 Forgery North Carolina
State v. Tom 47 N.C. 414 1855 0 Indictment for assault w/ intent to ravish North Carolina
State v. Turner 5 Del. 501 1854 0 Petition for freedom Delaware
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
State v. Washington 6 N.C. 100 1812 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Watkins 23 Tenn. 256 1843 0 Tennessee
State v. Weaks 26 Tenn. 522 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Weaver 18 Ala. 293 1850 0 Indicment for persuading a Enslaved Person to leave master Alabama
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 Indictment for taking and conveying a free man out of the State w/ the intent to sell him as a slave North Carolina
State v. Whit 49 N.C. 349 1857 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 Larceny North Carolina