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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Boice v. Gibbons 8 N.J.L. 399 1826 Improper conveyance of slave New Jersey
Elson v. M'Colloch 4 Yeates 115 1804 0 Improper registration of slave SC of PA.
Hammond v. Olive 44 Miss. 543 1870 0 Improper service of process where service must be made to a free, white member of the household Mississippi
Murray v. State 9 Fla. 246 1860 0 Inclusion of Slaves in Criminal Statutes Supreme Court of FL
Bankston v. Bankston 27 Miss. 692 1854 0 Increase in alimony based on the purchase of enslaved persons Mississippi
Slacum v. Smith 2 D.C. 149 1818 0 Indebitus Assumpsit United States
Carlisle v. Hill 16 Ala. 398 1849 0 Indemnity of property Alabama
Commonwealth ex rel. Stephens v. Clements 6 Binn. 206 1814 0 Indenture of service SC of PA.
State v. Van Waggoner 6 N.J.L. 455 1797 0 "Indians" as slaves? New Jersey
State v. Woodly 47 N.C. 276 1855 0 Indicment for concealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Weaver 18 Ala. 293 1850 0 Indicment for persuading a Enslaved Person to leave master Alabama
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Drumright v. State 29 Ga. 430 1859 0 indicted for carry a slave out of the country without consent of owner Supreme Court of Georgia
Martin v. State 25 Ga. 494 1858 0 Indicted for killing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hudgins v. State 26 Ga. 350 1858 0 Indicted for larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Hately v. State 15 Ga. 346 1854 0 Indicted for sale of liquor of slave Supreme court of Georgia
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Indictiment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. Maine
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
The Wanderer 29 F. Cas. 150 1860 0 Indictment against alleged slave trader United States