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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Overseers of Germantown v. Overseers of the Poor of Livingston 2 Cai. 106 1804 0 SC of New York
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hopkins v. Fleet 9 Johns. 225 1812 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Smith v. Smith's Administrators 20 Va. 581 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
State v. Aaron 4 N.J.L. 231 1818 0 Competency of slave as witness New Jersey
Fish v. Fisher 2 Johns. Cas. 89 1800 0 Recovery for slave SC of New York
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Allen v. Nordheimer 13 Ark. 339 1853 0 Action of replevin Arkansas
Hill v. Duke 6 Ala. 259 1844 0 Right of Property Alabama
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Barden 12 N.C. 518 1828 0 Petty larceny North Carolina
May v. May 7 Fla. 207 1857 0 Dispute Over a Life Estate Supreme Court of FL
Carpenter v. McBride 3 Fla. 292 1850 0 Dispute Over Transfer of Obligation of Payment Supreme Court of FL
Lott v. Meacham 4 Fla. 144 1851 0 Marital Rights to the Recovery of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Hughes v. Cannon 21 Tenn. 589 1841 0 Tennessee
Kent v. Lyon 4 Fla. 474 1852 0 Enforcement of a Deed of Gift of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Slave v. State 5 Fla. 185 1853 0 Enforcement of Criminal Provisions for Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Waterman v. Mattair 5 Fla. 211 1853 0 Alleged Deceit in Sale of a Slave Supreme Court of FL