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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Phillips v. McGrew 13 Ala. 255 1848 0 Recovery for enslaved persons Alabama
Freeman v. Baldwin 13 Ala. 246 1848 0 Dispute over Possession of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Brown v. Brown 13 Ala. 208 1848 0 Detinue Alabama
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Recovery for freedom SC of Judicature of New York
Sale v. Roy 12 Va. 69 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Cogbill v. Cogbill 12 Va. 467 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Kennedy v. Waller 12 Va. 415 1808 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Bartley v. Yates 12 Va. 398 1808 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Upshaw v. Upshaw 12 Va. 381 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Fox 12 Va. 245 1808 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Pegram v. Isabell 12 Va. 193 1808 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Sarah v. Henry 12 Va. 19 1808 0 Injunction SC of Chancery VA
Pallas v. Hill 12 Va. 149 1807 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Action to recover a slave Texas
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Claim for services rendered SC of PA.
Butler v. Godley 12 N.C. 94 1826 0 Trusts North Carolina
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 508 1828 0 Rape North Carolina
Scott v. Williams 12 N.C. 376 1828 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
State v. Johnson 12 N.C. 360 1827 0 Asportation of slaves North Carolina
Smith v. Yeates 12 N.C. 302 1827 0 Action of detinue North Carolina