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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Succession of Ross 22 La. Ann. 480 1870 0 "Hire" of slaves Louisiana
Christmas v. Smith 10 Tex. 123 1853 0 Hire of slaves dispute Texas
Montgomery v. Griffin 1 Miss. 453 1831 0 Hire of slaves dispute Mississippi
Leake v. Sutherland 25 Ark. 219 1868 0 Hiring of enslaved person by estate Arkansas
Jemison & Sloan v. Dearing's Executors 41 Ala. 283 1867 0 Hiring of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Harkins v. Coalter 2 Port. 463 1835 0 Hiring of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Heathcock v. Pennington 33 N.C. 640 1850 0 Hiring of slaves North Carolina
Haywood v. Long 27 N.C. 438 1845 0 Hiring of slaves North Carolina
Smith v. Hurd 8 Miss. 188 1843 0 Hiring out of slaves dispute Mississippi
Phipps v. Tarpley 24 Miss. 597 1852 0 Holding of legal title Mississippi
Jones v. Killebrew 55 Ga. 153 1875 0 Holding servants illegally Supreme Court of Georgia
Commonwealth v. Chapple 3 Va. 184 1811 0 Homicide General Ct. of VA
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Arthur 13 N.C. 217 1829 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Isaac 13 N.C. 47 1828 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Walker 4 N.C. 230 1817 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Scott 8 N.C. 24 1820 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Cherry 7 N.C. 7 1819 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Piver 3 N.C. 79 1799 0 Homicide North Carolina