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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
State v. Baynard 1 Del. Cas. 662 1794 0 Indictment for the murder of an enslaved man; Not guilty Delaware
Thurman v. State 18 Ala. 276 1850 0 Indictment for the Rape of a White Woman Alabama
State v. Bailey 60 N.C. 137 1863 0 Indictment for trading w/ a slave North Carolina
Hirschfelder v. State 19 Ala. 534 1851 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Saunders 9 Port. 326 1839 0 Indictment for Trading with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Dunn v. State 15 Ga. 419 1854 0 Indictment for trading with a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Long 52 N.C. 24 1859 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
State v. Tomlinson 25 N.C. 32 1842 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
Whitley v. Daniels 28 N.C. 480 1846 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
State v. Cozens 28 N.C. 82 1845 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
State v. Newman 7 Ala. 69 1844 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Corley v. State 28 Ala. 22 1856 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Worrell v. State 12 Ala. 732 1848 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Rand v. Oxford 34 Ala. 474 1859 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Shuttleworth v. State 35 Ala. 415 1860 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Starr v. State 25 Ala. 49 1854 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved person Alabama
Bradley v. Gibson 9 Ala. 406 1846 0 Indictment for trading with enslaved persons Alabama
Young v. State 39 Ala. 357 1864 0 Indictment for traffic with enslaved person Alabama
US v. Hanway 9 West.L.J. 103 1851 0 Indictment for treason Circuit Court, E.D. PA.