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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burroughs v. Nettles 7 La. 113 1834 0 Promissory notes, fraud, property, community property, sales, redhibition, recission, damages, witness testimont Louisiana
Burrough v. Brooks 40 Tenn. 392 1859 0 Tennessee
Burrows v. Truitt 1 Del. Cas. 613 1818 0 Failure to pay for a transferred enslaved person Delaware
Burrow v. State 12 Ark. 65 1851 0 Indictment against person for intent to seize enslaved person Arkansas
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 Freedom Petition for unlawful importation and sale United States
Burton v. Black 32 Ga. 53 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Burton v. Cannon 2 Del. Cas. 30 1807 0 Grant of freedom after line of exchange was interrupted Delaware
Burts v. Duncan 36 Ga. 575 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Burts v. Evans 48 Tenn. 420 1870 0 Tennessee
Burt v. Kimbell 5 Port. 137 1837 0 Detinue Alabama
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder of a White Person Alabama
Bush & Co. v. Jackson 24 Ala. 273 1854 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Butler v. Duvall 3 D.C. 611 1829 0 Freedom Petition United States
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Butler v. Godley 12 N.C. 94 1826 0 Trusts North Carolina
Butler v. Hopper 4 F. Cas. 904 1806 0 Recovery for freedom Circuit Court, D. PA.
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Butt v. Rachel 18 Va. 209 1814 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA