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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Pitts v. Lewis 7 La. Ann. 552 1852 0 Sales, property, mortgages Louisiana
Conway v. Ellison 14 Ark. 360 1852 1 Arkansas
Adams v. State 1 Swan 466 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Eskridge 1 Swan 413 1852 0 Tennessee
Woods v. Sullivan 1 Swan 507 1852 0 Tennessee
Armfield v. Moore 44 N.C. 157 1852 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Jokes v. Mason 12 Ark. 687 1852 0 Trover for property Arkansas
Sevier v. Brown 2 Swan 112 1852 0 Tennessee
Pridgin v. Strickland 8 Tex. 214 1852 0 Texas
Bedford v. State 2 Swan 72 1852 0 Tennessee
Lawrence v. Lawrence 2 Swan 141 1852 0 Tennessee
Farnsworth v. Dinsmore 2 Swan 38 1852 0 Tennessee
McKinney v. Clarke 2 Swan 321 1852 0 Tennessee
Lockwood v. Nye 2 Swan 515 1852 0 Tennessee
State v. Gossage 2 Swan 263 1852 0 Tennessee
Barnes v. White 32 Tenn. 442 1852 0 Tennessee
Cornelius v. State 12 Ark. 782 1852 0 Indictment for larceny of a cow Arkansas
Burke v. Clarke 2 Swan 310 1852 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. Winston 2 Swan 472 1852 0 Tennessee