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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Owen v. Brown 12 La. Ann. 172 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person, harboring enslaved person Louisiana
Lusk v. Swon 9 La. Ann. 367 1854 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, emancipation, sales Louisiana
Hill v. White 11 La. Ann. 170 1856 0 Runaway enslaved person, contracts, dispute of ownership of enslaved person Louisiana
Clague v. City of New Orleans 13 La. Ann. 275 1858 0 Runaway enslaved person bailment Louisiana
Drew v. Ricks 17 Ala. 25 1849 0 Runaway enslaved person Alabama
Trice v. Crittenden County 7 Ark. 159 1846 0 Runaway enslaved person Arkansas
Daret v. Gray 12 La. Ann. 394 1857 0 Runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Spain v. Brown & Williamson 872 So. 2d 101 2003 1 rule of repose Alabama
Hoggatt v. Gibbs 15 La. Ann. 700 1860 0 Rule of perpetuties, property, wills, heirs Louisiana
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Role of Agency in Contract Negotiation Alabama
State v. John 50 N.C. 163 1857 0 Robbery North Carolina
Manly v. Kidd 33 Miss. 141 1857 0 Right to slaves in possession of claimants Mississippi
Magee v. Catching 33 Miss. 672 1857 0 Right to repurchase Mississippi
Frizell v. White 27 Miss. 198 1854 0 Right to replevin of enslaved persons Mississippi
Magee v. Keegan 35 Miss. 244 1858 0 Right to recovery of slaves from ward Mississippi
Betton v. Willis 1 Fla. 226 1847 0 Right to Property in Slaves Levied Upon Execution Supreme Court of FL
Shelton v. Baldwin 26 Miss. 439 1853 0 Right to proceeds from the sale of a runaway Mississippi
Hill v. Robertson 24 Miss. 368 1852 0 Right to possession of mortgaged property Mississippi
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Van Vacter v. M'Willie 31 Miss. 563 1856 0 Right to posession of trust estate Mississippi