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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Adams v. Lewis 7 Mart. (n.s.) 400 1829 0 Recission, contracts, sales, property, sequestration, venue, reconventional demand Louisiana
Carpenter v. State 26 Ga. 622 1859 0 Receiving property without the owners permission Supreme Court of Georgia
George v. State 37 Miss. 316 1859 0 Rape of an enslaved woman by an enslaved man Mississippi
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 19 1860 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Martin 14 N.C. 329 1832 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 142 1826 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Jefferson 28 N.C. 305 1846 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Sam 13 N.C. 567 1830 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Dick 6 N.C. 388 1818 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Jesse 19 N.C. 297 1837 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Washington 6 N.C. 100 1812 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Jim 12 N.C. 508 1828 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Rinebold 702 S.W.2d 921 1985 1 rape Missouri
Hargis v. Sebastian 1 Del. Cas. 274 1800 0 Qui tam acytion for exportation of three enslaved individuals; for defendant Delaware
Harrison v. Hunter 1 Del. Cas. 138 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man; issue of motions Delaware
Harrison v. Hunter 2 Del. Cas. 76 1797 0 Qui tam action for the returning of an enslaved man Delaware
Bellach v. Gabb 2 Del. Cas. 231 1805 0 Qui tam action for illegal expotation; $100 Delaware
Ingram v. Gaskins 3 Del. Cas. 25 1822 0 Qui tam action against a man who illegally exported an enslaved individual Delaware
Shockley v. Traverse 2 Del. Cas. 673 1821 0 Question of whether an illegal exportation of an enslaved woman who was freed at a time but sold prior to that period Delaware
Griffin v. Chubb 7 Tex. 603 1852 0 Question of validity RE sale of slave Texas