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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Campbell v. Wallace 3 Yeates 572 1803 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Stiles v. Richardson 4 Yeates 82 1804 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Executors of Adams v. Jones 39 Ga. 479 1869 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Respublica v. Blackmore 2 Yeates 234 1797 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Overseers of Poor of Forks in Northampton County v. Overseers of Poor of Catawessa in Northumberland County 3 Binn. 22 1810 0 Recovery for care of slave SC of PA.
Executors of Rogers v. Berry 10 Johns. 132 1813 0 Recovery for conversion SC of New York
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Bell v. McCawley 29 Ga. 355 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Pelletreau v. Rathbone 18 Johns. 428 1821 0 SC of New York
Alston v. Grantham 26 Ga. 374 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Overseers of the Poor of Marbletown v. Overseers of the Poor of Kingston 20 Johns. 1 1822 0 Marriage between 2 slaves SC of New York
Van Derzee v. Van Derzee 30 Barb. 331 1859 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnum v. Barnum 42 Md. 251 1875 0 Maryland
Archer v. Hart 5 Fla. 234 1853 0 Court Granted Status of Freedom Supreme Court of FL
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia