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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
McMurran v. Soria 5 Miss. 154 1839 0 Note of sale dispute Mississippi
Ecoles v. Hill 13 Tex. 65 1854 0 Note of sale dispute Texas
Winston v. Metcalf 6 Ala. 756 1844 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Crumbley v. Searcey 46 Ala. 328 1871 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Flake v. Day & Co. 22 Ala. 132 1853 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Shelton v. Marshall 16 Tex. 344 1856 1 Note of sale dispute Texas
Aston v. Robinson 49 Miss. 348 1873 0 Note made payable in property (slaves) Mississippi
Campbell v. Hays 41 Miss. 561 1867 0 Note given for the sale of slaves Mississippi
Green v. Causey 10 Ga. 435 1851 0 Note for slave payment Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Harris 20 Ga. 403 1856 0 note for hire of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Miller 21 Ark. 469 1860 0 Note for enslaved person with warranty Arkansas
Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Dudek 19 So. 3d 20 2009 1 notarial acts Louisiana
Morris v. Cannon 1 Del. 220 1833 0 No replevin to a free man; issue of whether if a person was enslaved or an indentured servant Delaware
Symmes v. Arnold 10 Ga. 506 1851 0 Non-deed testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Love v. Boyd 2 D.C. 156 1818 0 Negligent Slave escape. United States
Commercial Painting Co., Inc. v. The Weitz Co., LLC No. W201301989COAR3CV, 2016 WL 3519015, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 20, 2016) 2016 2 negligent misrepresentation Tennessee
In re Sec. Lighting Co. 30 B.R. 10 1983 1 negligent damage to debtor's employee United States
Cawthorn v. Deas 2 Port. 276 1835 0 Negligent conduct Alabama
Sutherland v. Goff 5 Port. 508 1837 0 Negligent Care of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Johnson v. Municipality No. One 5 La. 100 1850 0 Negligence, municipality liability, runaway enslaved persons Louisiana