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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Pistole v. Street 5 Port. 64 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Driver v. Fortner 5 Port. 9 1837 0 Dispute over Execution of a Deed of Trust Alabama
Land v. Jeffries 5 Rand. 211 1827 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Turner 5 Rand. 678 1827 0 Excessive beating/assault of a slave General Ct of VA
White v. White 5 Rawle 61 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Bennett v. Morris 5 Rawle 9 1835 1 Pennsylvania
Scovel v. Roosevelt 5 Redf. 121 1881 1 New York
Tuttle v. Heidermann 5 Redf. 199 1881 1 New York
Merrill v. Rolston 5 Redf. 220 1881 1 New York
Miller v. White 5 Redf. 320 1881 1 New York
Dennett v. Taylor 5 Redf. 561 1882 1 New York
Moore v. Dimond 5 R.I. 121 1858 1 Rhode Island
Olney v. Angell 5 R.I. 198 1858 1 Rhode Island
Briggs v. Smith 5 R.I. 213 1858 1 Rhode Island
Mowry v. Smith 5 R.I. 255 1858 1 Rhode Island
Sayles v. Tibbitts 5 R.I. 79 1857 1 Rhode Island
Knox v. Liddell 5 Rob. 111 1843 1 Louisiana
Winston v. Foster 5 Rob. 113 1843 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana