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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Clayton v. Mitchell 2 Del. Cas. 532 1820 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Dilliard v. Connoway 25 Miss. 230 1852 0 Failure to perform requirement of will Mississippi
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Trustees of the Poor v. Hall 3 Del. 322 1841 0 Failure to provide funding for an enslaved indivudual and if defendant was liable Delaware
Crane v. Brundage 14 N.J.L. 602 1835 Failure to register child under gradual abolition of slavery statute New Jersey
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 False arrest of alleged fugitive slave City Court of New York
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Commonwealth v. Hambright 4 Serg. & Rawle 218 1818 0 False imprisonment SC of PA.
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 False imprisonment Massachusetts
In re Ambrose 61 N.C. 91 1867 0 False Imprisonment North Carolina
Withers v. Coyles 36 Ala. 320 1860 0 False Imprisonment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Clopton v. Norris 28 Ga. 188 1859 0 Falsely warranting slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 603 1839 0 False Promise Underlying Sale/Deceit United States
Savage v. Jackson 19 Ga. 305 1856 0 False representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Stroud v. Mays 7 Ga. 269 1849 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Wooten v. Calahan 32 Ga. 382 1861 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Ramsey v. Blalock 32 Ga. 376 1861 0 False Representation made by agent in the sale of slave. Supreme Court of Georgia
Morton v. Scull 23 Ark. 289 1861 0 False representations by agent in enslaved person sale Arkansas
Mizell v. Sims 39 Miss. 331 1860 0 False statements as to a warranty of a slave's character Mississippi