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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Lazarus v. Commonwealth Insurance 36 Mass. 81 1837 0 Insurance dispute over property including slaves Massachusetts
Parker v. Lewis 18 F. Cas. 1145 1829 0 Property dispute Arkansas
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Title dispute Arkansas
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Parter v. The Friendship 18 F. Cas. 1271 1831 0 Suit for salvage of alleged slave ship United States
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Sellars v. Fite 62 Tenn. 131 1873 0 Tennessee
Booker v. Kirkpatrick 67 Va. 145 1875 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jones' Ex'ors v. Clark 66 Va. 642 1875 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
McChesney v. Brown's Heirs 66 Va. 393 1874 0 Conveyance of property SC of Appeals VA
Kenny's Adm'ors v. Kenny 66 Va. 293 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Cocke v. Minor 66 Va. 246 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Nowlin v. Reynolds 66 Va. 137 1874 0 Action to recover land SC of Appeals VA