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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Pleasant v. State 13 Ark. 360 1853 0 Indictment against enslaved person for rape Arkansas
Pleasant v. State 17 Ala. 190 1850 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Anthony v. State 29 Ala. 27 1856 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for attempted murder Alabama
Ben v. State 22 Ala. 9 1853 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for administering poison Alabama
Phereby v. State 16 Ala. 774 1849 0 Indictment against enslaved person Alabama
State v. Hannibal 51 N.C. 57 1858 0 Indictment against a slave for carrying firearms North Carolina
Burt v. State 39 Ala. 617 1866 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder of a White Person Alabama
Spence v. State 17 Ala. 192 1850 0 Indictment against an Enslaved Person for Murder Alabama
United States v. Kelly 26 F. Cas. 697 1863 0 Indictment against alleged slave trader United States
The Wanderer 29 F. Cas. 150 1860 0 Indictment against alleged slave trader United States
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Indictiment of slave trader Circuit Court, D. Maine
Hately v. State 15 Ga. 346 1854 0 Indicted for sale of liquor of slave Supreme court of Georgia
Hudgins v. State 26 Ga. 350 1858 0 Indicted for larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Martin v. State 25 Ga. 494 1858 0 Indicted for killing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Drumright v. State 29 Ga. 430 1859 0 indicted for carry a slave out of the country without consent of owner Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
State v. Weaver 18 Ala. 293 1850 0 Indicment for persuading a Enslaved Person to leave master Alabama