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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Goodwin v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 257 1872 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Bradley v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 416 1872 0 Indictment for assault by a slave Mississippi
Saxon v. Ames 47 Miss. 565 1873 0 Inequality in the division of slaves in an estate Mississippi
Sandridge v. Jones 2 La. Ann. 933 1847 0 Laibility, runaway enslaved person, debts, seizure, laches Louisiana
Beebe v. Robbins 8 La. Ann. 470 1852 0 Property, privileges, sales, trusts, conversion Louisiana
State v. Kitty 12 La. Ann. 805 1857 0 False confessions, murder, criminal law Louisiana
Morris v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 404 1860 0 Sale of enslaved person, promissory notes, "defective" slave Louisiana
Lesassier v. Dashiell 17 La. 194 1841 0 Seizure, sales, property, privileges, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Bynum v. Hill 71 N.C. 319 1874 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Dickson v. Dickson 70 N.C. 487 1874 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pullen v. Hutchins 67 N.C. 428 1872 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Haglar v. McCombs 66 N.C. 345 1872 0 Action for an account North Carolina
Womble v. George 64 N.C. 759 1870 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Mitchener v. Atkinson 63 N.C. 585 1869 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hyman v. Devereux 63 N.C. 624 1869 0 Mortgages North Carolina
Rogers v. Hinton 63 N.C. 78 1868 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Falls v. McCulloch 62 N.C. 140 1867 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
ex parte COTTEN 62 N.C. 79 1867 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Mitchener v. Atkinson 62 N.C. 23 1866 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Harris v. Hearne 60 N.C. 92 1864 0 Action of trover North Carolina