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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Burts v. Duncan 36 Ga. 575 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Burton v. Black 32 Ga. 53 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 Freedom Petition for unlawful importation and sale United States
Burrow v. State 12 Ark. 65 1851 0 Indictment against person for intent to seize enslaved person Arkansas
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Burrough v. Brooks 40 Tenn. 392 1859 0 Tennessee
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Burroughs's Adm'r. v. Anna 4 H. & J. 262 1817 0 Maryland
Burns v. Hudson 37 Ala. 62 1860 0 Dipsute over Will Alabama
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Fraud case Supreme Court of Georgia
Burney v. Galloway 33 N.C. 53 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Burney v. Boyett 2 Miss. 39 1834 0 Levy on slaves dispute Mississippi
Burney's Heirs v. Lamothe 3 La. 195 1831 0 Sales, adverse possession, prescription, petitory action, community property, successions, debts, conflict of laws, property, damages Louisiana
Burnett v. Branch Bank at Mobile 22 Ala. 642 1853 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Burley v. Griffith 35 Va. 442 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Burke v. Murphy 27 Miss. 167 1854 0 Fraudulent Conveyance Mississippi
Burke v. Joe 6 G. & J. 136 1834 0 Maryland
Burke v. Clarke 11 La. 206 1837 0 Sales, damages, agency, partnerships, theft Louisiana