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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. Moses 1 Minor 393 1825 0 Indictment for Murder Alabama
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Indictment for Murder of an Ensalved Person Alabama
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Indictment for Murder of an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Peter 1 Stew. 38 1827 0 Indictment for murder of enslaved person Alabama
State v. Loadnum 2 Del. Cas. 240 1798 0 Indictment for murder of his enslaved man; guilty for manslaughter Delaware
Ferdinand v. State 39 Ala. 706 1866 0 Indictment for Obtaining Goods under False Pretenses Alabama
Martin v. Everett 11 Ala. 375 1847 0 Indictment for over cruelty to enslaved person Alabama
State v. Brown 60 N.C. 54 1864 0 Indictment for permitting a slave to keep a house as a free person North Carolina
State v. Thompson 10 N.C. 613 1825 0 Indictment for permitting slave to hire his own time North Carolina
State v. Woodman 10 N.C. 384 1824 0 Indictment for permitting slave to hire his own time North Carolina
Wilson v. State 38 Ala. 411 1863 0 Indictment for persuading Enslaved Person to leave master's service Alabama
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 Indictment for playing cards with a slave North Carolina
Donaldson v. State 9 Fla. 402 1861 0 Indictment for Purchase of Grain from a Slave without a Permit Supreme Court of FL
Sullivant v. State 8 Ark. 400 1848 0 Indictment for rape Arkansas
Smith v. State 47 Ala. 540 1872 0 Indictment for rape Alabama
Lewis v. State 30 Ala. 54 1857 0 Indictment for Rape Alabama
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 137 1800 0 Indictment for rape, guilty and executed Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
State v. George 1 Del. Cas. 161 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty due to alibi Delaware