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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 6 Serg. & Rawle 103 1820 0 Defective slave register SC of PA.
Marchand v. Negro Peggy 2 Serg. & Rawle 18 1815 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
Commonwealth ex rel. Lewis v. Holloway 6 Binn. 213 1814 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Claim for freedom SC of PA.
Stone v. Hinton 36 N.C. 15 1840 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sadler v. Bean 9 Ark. 202 1848 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Blaine 4 Binn. 186 1811 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Ex parte Lawrence 5 Binn. 304 1812 0 Custody of body SC of PA.
Scott v. Price 2 Serg. & Rawle 59 1815 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Pope's heirs v. Boyd's adx. 22 Ark. 535 1861 0 Sale of enslaved persons for debt of estate Arkansas
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Title dispute Circuit Court, D. PA.
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Recovery for slave SC of PA.
Jones v. Conoway 4 Yeates 108 1804 0 Fraud SC of PA.
Peter v. Steel 3 Yeates 250 1801 0 Recovery for freedom and labor SC of PA.
Lessee of Sword v. Adams 3 Yeates 34 1800 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Cook v. Neaff 3 Yeates 259 1801 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Com. of Pennsylvania v. Chambre 4 Dall. 143 1794 0 Recovery for slaves SC of PA.