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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Brooks v. Farmer 3 N.J.L. 641 1810 Recovery of debt New Jersey
Speer v. Van Orden 3 N.J.L. 653 1810 Recovery of debt New Jersey
Dews & Smith v. Cornish 20 Ark. 332 1859 0 Recovery of debt Arkansas
Ford v. Simmons 13 La. Ann. 397 1858 0 Recovery of damages for murdered enslaved person Louisiana
Grant v. Moseley 29 Ala. 302 1856 0 Recovery of damages Alabama
Gully v. Dunlap 24 Miss. 410 1852 0 Recovery of bond on account of levy and sale of enslaved man Mississippi
State v. Post 21 N.J.L. 699 1848 Recovery of body New Jersey
Hopkins v. Burney 2 Fla. 42 1848 0 Recovery of a Slave after a Verdict to Return Supreme Court of FL
Summerall v. Thoms 3 Fla. 298 1850 0 Recovery of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Turner v. Smith 11 Tex. 620 1854 1 Recovery of a slave Texas
McCune v. McMichael 29 Ga. 312 1859 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Scudder v. Woodbridge 1 Ga. 195 1846 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Phipps v. Morton 33 Miss. 211 1857 0 Recovery of an enslaved woman Mississippi
Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747 1842 0 Recovery of an Enslaved Girl who was Mistakenly Sold Alabama
Baker v. Washington 5 Stew. & P. 142 1833 0 Recovery of a enslaved person Alabama
Bisland v. Provosty 14 La. Ann. 169 1859 0 Recovery of 55 enslaved persons Louisiana
Walter v. Evans 1 Del. Cas. 668 1794 0 Recovery of $50 for an enslaved woman Delaware
Branch Bank at Decatur v. McCollum 20 Ala. 280 1852 0 Recovery in Action of Detinue Alabama
Buie v. Kendig 15 La. Ann. 440 1860 0 Recovery from sale of enslaved person, runaway enslaved person, death of enslaved person, warranty on sale of enslaved person Louisiana
Stephens v. Gibbes 14 Fla. 331 1873 0 Recovery from Executor for a Widow Supreme Court of FL