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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
State v. Thompson 10 N.C. 613 1825 0 Indictment for permitting slave to hire his own time North Carolina
State v. Brown 60 N.C. 54 1864 0 Indictment for permitting a slave to keep a house as a free person North Carolina
Martin v. Everett 11 Ala. 375 1847 0 Indictment for over cruelty to enslaved person Alabama
Ferdinand v. State 39 Ala. 706 1866 0 Indictment for Obtaining Goods under False Pretenses Alabama
State v. Loadnum 2 Del. Cas. 240 1798 0 Indictment for murder of his enslaved man; guilty for manslaughter Delaware
State v. Peter 1 Stew. 38 1827 0 Indictment for murder of enslaved person Alabama
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Indictment for Murder of an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Indictment for Murder of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Jordan v. State 22 Ga. 545 1857 0 Indictment for murdering a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Felix v. State 18 Ala. 720 1851 0 Indictment for Murder Alabama
Godfrey v. State 31 Ala. 323 1858 0 Indictment for Murder Alabama
State v. Moses 1 Minor 393 1825 0 Indictment for Murder Alabama
State v. Cæsar 31 N.C. 391 1849 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Anthony v. State 9 Ga. 264 1851 0 Indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Stephen 15 Ala. 534 1849 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
State v. John 30 N.C. 330 1848 0 Indictment for murder North Carolina
Cicely v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 435 1872 0 Indictment for murder Mississippi
Pound v. State 43 Ga. 88 1871 0 Indictment for murder Georgia
William v. State 39 Ala. 532 1865 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
Aaron v. State 37 Ala. 106 1861 0 Indictment for murder Alabama