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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
White v. Latimer 12 Tex. 61 1854 0 Recovery for slave Texas
Berry v. Hale 2 Miss. 315 1836 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Marchman v. Todd 15 Ga. 25 1854 0 Recovery for slave Georgia
Briscoe v. Corri 1 Dallam 556 1844 0 Recovery for slave Texas
In re Kirk 1 Edm. Sel. Cas. 315 1846 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Fish v. Fisher 2 Johns. Cas. 89 1800 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Recovery for slave SC of Judicature of New York
Gibbs v. Mennard 6 Paige Ch. 258 1837 0 Recovery for slave Chancery Court of New York
Bayley v. Bates 8 Johns. 185 1811 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Marchman v. Todd 15 Ga 15 1854 0 Recovery for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Respublica v. Smith 4 Yeates 204 1805 0 Recovery for slave SC of PA.
Skinner v. Fleet 14 Johns. 263 1817 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Overseers of Morris v. Overseers of Warren 26 N.J.L. 312 1857 Recovery for settlement New Jersey
Watkins v. Bailey 21 Ark. 274 1860 0 Recovery for services rendered by enslaved person Arkansas
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Gelston v. Russel 11 Johns. 415 1814 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Cook v. Husted 12 Johns. 188 1815 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York
Link v. Beuner 3 Cai. 325 1805 0 Recovery for services of slave SC of New York