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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Cobb 10 La. 172 1836 0 Successions, property, community property, sales, debts, partition Louisiana
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Brown v. Compton 10 Mart. (o.s.) 425 1821 0 Fraud, runaway enslaved person, manumission, sales, emancipation, evidence Louisiana
Brown v. Glathary 4 La. Ann. 124 1849 0 Marital property, sales, judicial seizure, delivery, contracts, intervenor, leases, conflict of laws, leases Louisiana
Brown v. Goolsby 34 Miss. 437 1857 0 Recovery of slaves in equity Mississippi
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Haynes 59 N.C. 49 1860 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Johnson 17 Ala. 232 1850 0 Right of Property Alabama
Brown v. Kidd 34 Miss. 291 1857 0 Satisfaction of execution of levy of personal estate Mississippi
Brown v. Pratt 56 N.C. 202 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Raby 14 La. Ann. 41 1859 0 Freedom suit, emancipation Louisiana
Brown v. Robertson 4 F. Cas. 426 1843 0 Trespass vi et armis United States
Brown v. Shields 33 Va. 440 1835 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave & Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Smith 8 La. Ann. 59 1853 0 Emancipation Louisiana
Brown v. Stacy 5 Ark. 403 1844 0 Motion for a new trial Arkansas
Brown v. Street 27 Va. 1 1827 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Weaver 28 Ga. 377 1859 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Wilson 41 N.C. 558 1850 0 Trusts North Carolina
Brown v. Wingard 2 D.C. 300 1822 0 Executory contract United States
Broxton v. Bloom 15 La. Ann. 618 1860 0 Wages, Sequestration Louisiana