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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Philip v. Daley 339 Ill. App. 3d 274 2003 1 leg. power Illinois
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Legal title to slaves Supreme Court
Cocke v. Rucks 34 Miss. 105 1857 0 Legal title to slave Mississippi
Varner v. Gregg 26 Miss. 590 1853 0 Legal title to enslaved person Mississippi
Shine v. Redwine 30 Ga. 780 1860 0 Legal contractual dispute over slaves Suprem Court of Georgia
Henriette v. Heirs of Barnes 11 La. Ann. 453 1856 0 Legacy rights of enslaved persons, emancipation Louisiana
Matthews v. Matthews 13 La. Ann. 197 1858 0 Legacies, estates, wills, usufructs Louisiana
Fitzgerald v. Ferguson 11 La. Ann. 396 1856 0 Leases, torts, employment law Louisiana
D'Aquin v. Barbour 4 La. Ann. 441 1849 0 Leases, promissory notes, damages, dissolution, delivery, warranty, parol evidence, property, ambiguity Louisiana
Hudnall v. Watt 8 La. Ann. 5 1853 0 Leases, prescription, sales, parole evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Estate of Greer v. Ball No. 2014-CT-00528-SCT, 2017 WL 2377562, at *2 n.3 (Miss. June 1, 2017) 2017 1 lease purporting to make testamentary disposition of property Mississippi
Kidd v. King 5 Ala. 84 1843 0 Lease of property dispute Alabama
Butler v. Delaplaine 7 Serg. & Rawle 378 1821 0 Lease dispute SC of PA.
Jones v. Donald 26 Miss. 461 1853 0 Lawsuit for carrying an enslaved person out of the state Mississippi
Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc. 332 Or. 83 2001 1 law of land Oregon
People ex rel. Trainer v. Cooper 8 How. Pr. 288 1853 0 Lawful marriage SC of New York
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Watson v. State 36 Miss. 593 1859 0 Larceny of slaves by white man Mississippi
Thomas v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 741 1830 0 Larceny of slaves General Ct of VA
Atchison v. Potter 14 Miss. 120 1846 0 Larceny of slave Mississippi