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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hopper v. Steele 18 Ala. 828 1851 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Miller v. Garrett 35 Ala. 96 1859 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Olds v. Powell 10 Ala. 393 1846 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Stikes v. Swanson 44 Ala. 633 1870 0 Recovery for emancipation Alabama
Lessee of Wilson v. Rhoades 4 Yeates 38 1804 0 Recovery for ejectment SC of PA.
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Recovery for earnings Alabama
Caller v. Vivian 8 Ala. 903 1846 0 Recovery for debt Alabama
Costar & Harvick v. Davies & Gaines 8 Ark. 213 1847 0 Recovery for debt Arkansas
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Recovery for debt Mississippi
Muscogee Railroad v. Neal 26 Ga. 120 1858 0 Recovery for damegs for death of slave on railroad Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitten v. Jenkins 34 Ga. 297 1866 0 Recovery for damage to slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallace v. Spullock 32 Ga. 488 1861 0 Recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555 1851 0 recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Patton v. Rambo 20 Ala. 485 1852 0 Recovery for damages for breach of warranty Alabama
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mitchell v. Western & Atlantic Railroad 30 Ga. 22 1860 0 Recovery for damages caused to slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Oliver v. Kauffman 18 F. Cas. 657 1850 0 Recovery for damages caused by harboring slaves Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Abercrombie v. Bradford 16 Ala. 560 1849 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Ingram v. Atkinson 4 Tex. 135 1849 0 Recovery for damages Texas