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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mary v. Talburt 4 D.C. 187 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States
United States v. Jack 1 D.C. 44 1801 0 Jurisdiction United States
United States v. Charles 2 D.C. 76 1813 0 Evidence United States
Smith v. Billing 3 D.C. 355 1828 0 Jurisdiction United States
United States v. Minifie 2 D.C. 109 1814 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
Chapman v. Fenwick 4 D.C. 431 1834 0 Freedom Suit/ Petition United States
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
United States v. Wright 1 D.C. 123 1803 0 Theft/Procedure United States
Long v. Kent 6 Ala. 100 1844 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Sam v. Green 2 D.C. 165 1819 0 Freedom Petition United States
Pridgin v. Strickland 8 Tex. 214 1852 0 Texas
State v. Henry 2 Mo. 178 1830 0 Missouri
Jane v. State 3 Mo. 61 1831 0 Missouri
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Harrison v. Berkley 32 S.C.L. 525 1847 0 South Carolina
Hunt v. White 24 Tex. 643 1859 0 Texas
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Plaintiff suing defendant for value of slave Texas
Sarah v. State 28 Miss. 267 1854 0 Indictment of enslaved woman for attempted murder Mississippi
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Arthur 13 N.C. 217 1829 0 Homicide North Carolina