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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Crisp v. Miller 52 Tenn. 697 1871 0 Tennessee
Hardin v. Williams 52 Tenn. 385 1871 0 Tennessee
Turner v. Ivie 52 Tenn. 222 1871 0 Tennessee
Bowers v. Bowers 51 Tenn. 293 1871 0 Tennessee
Simpson v. Peck's Ex'rs 32 Tenn. 54 1852 0 Tennessee
Killebrew v. Murphy 50 Tenn. 546 1871 0 Tennessee
Coffee v. Neely 49 Tenn. 304 1871 0 Tennessee
Allen v. McCullough 49 Tenn. 174 1870 0 Tennessee
Agee v. State 25 Ala. 67 1854 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Davis v. Gaines 28 Ark. 440 1873 0 Debt secured by enslaved persons Ark.
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Wilson v. George 2 Del. Cas. 413 1818 0 Petition for freedom from a freed man wrongfully arrested for escaping slavery Delaware
Wright v. Fisher 2 Del. Cas. 322 1817 0 Whether a receipt can prove a person owns an enslaved person; No Delaware
Moore v. Rider 2 Del. Cas. 324 1817 0 Estate issue of the continuation of passing on enslaved individuals from 20 years ago Delaware
State v. Sowam 2 Del. Cas. 180 1803 0 Indictment for receiving stolen goods; ruled not guilty Delaware
Ceasar v. Kirshaw 2 Del. Cas. 228 1805 0 Payment of $400 for an enslaved person to keep the peace Delaware
State v. George 2 Del. Cas. 88 1797 0 Indictment for rape; Not guilty Delaware
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
U.S. v. Morris 1 Curt C. C. 23 1851 0 Indictment for misdemeanor Circuit Court, D. Mass.
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 12 Mass. 400 1815 0 Recovery for expenses SC of Mass.