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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cole v. Varner 31 Ala. 244 1857 0 Recovery of Enslaved Person Alabama
Lusk v. McNamer 24 Miss. 58 1852 0 Recovery of enslaved person Mississippi
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Hardy v. Toney 20 Ala. 237 1852 0 Recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Bacon v. Gray 23 Miss. 140 1851 0 Recovery of enslaved person Mississippi
Vaughn v. Wood 5 Ala. 304 1843 0 Recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Coalter v. Bell 2 Stew. & P. 358 1832 0 Recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Gilchrist v. Patterson 18 Ark. 575 1857 0 Recovery of enslaved person Arkansas
Smith v. Allen 39 Miss. 469 1860 0 Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors Mississippi
Roach v. Anderson 28 Miss. 234 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved man Mississippi
Parr v. Gibbons 27 Miss. 375 1854 0 Recovery of enslaved girl Mississippi
Tyson v. Bowden 8 Fla. 61 1858 0 Recovery of Eleven Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Billen v. White 17 La. Ann. 10 1865 0 Recovery of defective slave Louisiana
Walker v. Shotwell 21 Miss. 544 1850 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Pearson v. Moreland 15 Miss. 609 1846 0 Recovery of debt dispute Mississippi
Falls v. Weissinger 11 Ala. 801 1847 0 Recovery of Debt Alabama
Vaught v. Wellborn 16 Ala. 377 1849 0 Recovery of Debt Alabama
Williams v. Harrison 19 Ala. 277 1851 0 Recovery of debt Alabama
Collier v. Chapman 2 Stew. 163 1829 0 Recovery of debt Alabama
Dews & Smith v. Cornish 20 Ark. 332 1859 0 Recovery of debt Arkansas