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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Clere v. Commonwealth 44 Va. 615 1846 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Peas 43 Va. 629 1834 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Commonwealth v. Peas 31 Va. 692 1834 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Tooel v. Commonwealth 38 Va. 714 1841 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Reid v. State 20 Ga. 681 1856 0 Larceny of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bledsoe v. Commonwealth 27 Va. 674 1828 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct of VA
Williamson v. Commonwealth 45 Va. 547 1847 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Young v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 744 1842 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Alexander v. State 12 Tex. 540 1854 0 Larceny of a slave dispute Texas
Atchison v. Potter 14 Miss. 120 1846 0 Larceny of slave Mississippi
Thomas v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 741 1830 0 Larceny of slaves General Ct of VA
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
People ex rel. Trainer v. Cooper 8 How. Pr. 288 1853 0 Lawful marriage SC of New York
Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc. 332 Or. 83 2001 1 law of land Oregon
Jones v. Donald 26 Miss. 461 1853 0 Lawsuit for carrying an enslaved person out of the state Mississippi
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Kidd v. King 5 Ala. 84 1843 0 Lease of property dispute Alabama
Estate of Greer v. Ball No. 2014-CT-00528-SCT, 2017 WL 2377562, at *2 n.3 (Miss. June 1, 2017) 2017 1 lease purporting to make testamentary disposition of property Mississippi