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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McLeod v. Johnson 28 Miss. 374 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Kidd v. Manley 28 Miss. 156 1854 0 Title to enslaved persons Mississippi
Cavelier v. Moss 2 La. Ann. 584 1847 0 Title, prescription, sales, runaway enslaved person, witness testimony, eviction Louisiana
Scott ex rel. Parker v. Loomis 21 Miss. 635 1850 0 Title of slave dispute Mississippi
Stephens v. Beal 4 Ga. 319 1848 0 Title of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Freeman v. Stacy 2 La. Ann. 615 1847 0 Title, leases, sales, litigious rights, property, fieri facias Louisiana
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Sadler v. Sadler 16 Ark. 628 1856 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Higbie v. Hopkins 12 F. Cas. 126 1805 0 Title dispute Circuit Court, D. PA.
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Drake v. Moore 18 Ala. 597 1851 0 Title dispute Alabama
Allen v. Prater 30 Ala. 458 1857 0 Title dispute Alabama
Green v. Distributees of Fagan 15 Ala. 335 1849 0 Title dispute Alabama
Sumner v. Gray 4 Ark. 467 1842 0 Title dispute Arkansas
Grayson v. Wooldridge 2 La. 94 1830 0 Theft, sales, trespass, damages Louisiana
Patterson v. Behan 12 La. 227 1838 0 Theft, property, evidence, damages, jury instructions, robbery Louisiana
United States v. Wright 1 D.C. 123 1803 0 Theft/Procedure United States
Barry v. Kimball 10 La. Ann. 787 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, torts Louisiana
McAlpin v. Jones 10 La. Ann. 552 1855 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration, property, estates Louisiana
McAlpine v. Jones 13 La. Ann. 409 1858 0 Theft of enslaved person, sequestration Louisiana