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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Warmack 27 Miss. 830 1854 0 Ownership of enslaved person Mississippi
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Ownership Dispute Based on Gift Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
Prichard v. Martin 27 Miss. 305 1854 0 Overseer sues his employer for not allowing him to perform his contract Mississippi
Thompson v. Marshall 36 Ala. 504 1860 0 Order to reform contract Alabama
Redmond v. Anderson 18 Ark. 449 1857 0 Order of sale dispute Arkansas
Secor Bank v. Hackle 644 So. 2d 1138 1994 1 order of sale Louisiana
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Order of replevin to the proper descendant after a lufe estate Delaware
Prettyman v. Dean 2 Del. 494 1839 0 Order of replevin of two enslaved individuals Delaware
Evans v. Evans 1 Del. Cas. 76 1795 0 Order of replevin of an enslaved man after a dispute of a will Delaware
Case of Jones 2 Del. Cas. 622 1821 0 Order of replevein of three kidnapped enslaved individuals Delaware
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Matheson’s Heirs v. Hearin 29 Ala. 210 1856 0 Order for the sale of land/property Alabama
Overseers of Franklin v. Overseers of Bridgewater 20 N.J.L. 563 1846 Order for removal of pauper New Jersey
Overseers of Franklin v. Overseers of Bridgewater 20 N.J.L. 567 1846 Order for removal of pauper New Jersey
Allen v. Allen 44 N.C. 60 1852 0 Order for emancipation of a slave North Carolina
Winston v. Otley 25 Miss. 451 1853 0 Omission of notice Mississippi
Heirs of Henderson v. Rost 5 La. 441 1850 0 Olographic will, vices of form, emancipation, capacity, substitutions, property, contracts Louisiana
Merrill v. Dawson 17 F. Cas. 86 1846 0 Offspring of enslaved persons ownership dispute United States
Jones v. Jones 23 Ark. 212 1861 0 Offset of money from hire of enslaved persons Arkansas