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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
United States v. Kelly 26 F. Cas. 697 1863 0 Indictment against alleged slave trader United States
Spence v. State 17 Ala. 192 1850 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder Alabama
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder of a White Person Alabama
State v. Hannibal 51 N.C. 57 1858 0 Indictment against a slave for carrying firearms North Carolina
Phereby v. State 16 Ala. 774 1849 0 Indictment against enslaved person Alabama
Ben v. State 22 Ala. 9 1853 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for administering poison Alabama
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for attempted murder Alabama
Pleasant v. State 17 Ala. 190 1850 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Pleasant v. State 13 Ark. 360 1853 0 Indictment against enslaved person for rape Arkansas
George v. State 39 Ala. 675 1866 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for robbery Alabama
James v. Clarke County 33 Ala. 51 1858 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person overseer Alabama
Frank v. State 27 Ala. 37 1855 0 Indictment against Enslaved Personsfor Murder of Another Enslaved Person Alabama
Witherby v. State 39 Ala. 702 1866 0 Indictment against Freedman for Assault Alabama
Carter v. State 20 Tex. 339 1857 0 Indictment against master for allowing slave to carry firearm Texas
Cheek v. State 38 Ala. 227 1862 0 Indictment against Owner for Negligent Treatment of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Burrow v. State 12 Ark. 65 1851 0 Indictment against person for intent to seize enslaved person Arkansas
United States v. Scott 27 F. Cas. 990 1851 0 Indictment against rescuer or fugitive slave United States
Byrd v. State 2 Miss. 247 1835 0 Indictment against slave Mississippi
Peter v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 249 1872 0 Indictment against slave for murder Mississippi