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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset 16 Mass. 454 1820 0 Assumpsit for expenses Massachusetts
Booker v. Kirkpatrick 67 Va. 145 1875 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jones' Ex'ors v. Clark 66 Va. 642 1875 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Deas v. Smith 1 Cai. 171 1803 0 Slave as a Witness SC of New York
The Merchant 17 F. Cas. 36 1857 0 Libel of intent to engage in slave trade Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Seguine v. Seguine 4 Abb. Ct. App. 191 1867 0 Will & Trust Court of Appeals of New York
Jackson ex dem. Loucks v. Churchill 7 Cow. 287 1827 0 Demand for dowry SC of New York
Jones v. Jones 36 N.C. 332 1841 0 Sales North Carolina
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Dwilling 14 Serg. & Rawle 442 1826 0 Wrongful detetion SC of PA.
Respublica v. Findlay 3 Yeates 261 1801 0 Registry of a negro as a slave, without adding "for life" SC of PA.
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama