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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hooks v. Smith 18 Ala. 338 1850 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
Shepherd v. Nabors 6 Ala. 631 1844 0 Recovery for damages Alabama
McCurdy v. Terry 33 Ga. 49 1861 0 Recovery for Covenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Owen v. Peebles 42 Ala. 338 1868 0 Recovery for costs of being guardian to enslaved person Alabama
Executors of Rogers v. Berry 10 Johns. 132 1813 0 Recovery for conversion SC of New York
Rockwell v. Protor 39 ga 105 1869 0 Recovery for coat lost Supreme Court of Georgia
Overseers of Poor of Forks in Northampton County v. Overseers of Poor of Catawessa in Northumberland County 3 Binn. 22 1810 0 Recovery for care of slave SC of PA.
Cheever v. Brown & Brown 30 Ga. 904 1860 0 recovery for business transaction Georgia
Stoudenmeier v. Williamson 29 Ala. 558 1857 0 Recovery for Breach of Warranty for an Enenslaved persond Person Alabama
Steppacher v. Reneau 25 Miss. 114 1852 0 Recovery for breach of covenant Mississippi
State v. Shreve 1 N.J.L. 268 1794 Recovery for "body of negro" New Jersey
Dearing v. Moore 26 Ala. 586 1855 0 Recovery for Assault and Battery on an Enslaved Person Alabama
Lingo v. Miller & Hill 23 Ga. 187 1857 0 Recovery for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Foster v. Sykes 23 Ala. 796 1853 0 Recovery for an Enslaved Person's Medical Services Alabama
Welch v. Jamison 2 Miss. 160 1834 0 Recovery for alleged wrongful conversion of a slave Mississippi
Gray v. Belden 3 Fla. 110 1850 0 Recovery for a Forfeitted Contract Supreme Court of FL
Howell v. Williamson 14 Ala. 419 1848 0 Recovery for a Debt Alabama
Lynch v. Jackson 31 Ga. 668 1860 0 Recovery for action Supreme Court of Georgia
King v. Kent's Heirs 29 Ala. 542 1857 0 Recovery Estate Sold in Orphan's Court Alabama
Irwin v. Scribner 15 La. Ann. 583 1860 0 Recovery, Damages, Trespass, Injuries to Enslaved Person Louisiana