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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Smith v. State 9 Ala. 990 1846 0 enslaved persons, living together as husband and wife, can be made to testify for or against each other. Alabama
English v. Lane 1 Port. 328 1835 0 Enslaved Personsheld as Collateral for Lone Alabama
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Enslaved Persons from Texas Illegaly Brought to Alabama in Violation of Slave Trade Laws Alabama
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Carroll v. Wilson 22 Ark. 32 1860 0 Enslaved person sale Arkansas
Sarah v. State 18 Ark. 114 1856 0 enslaved person prosecution for illegal act Arkansas
Governor v. Daily 14 Ala. 469 1848 0 Enslaved Person acting as agent dispute Alabama
Stafford v. Richards 1 Del. Cas. 66 1795 0 Enslaved man who carried out stealing of money for his owner Delaware
Ward v. Harrington 29 Miss. 238 1855 0 Enjoinment of sale of slaves Mississippi
Stone v. Montgomery 35 Miss. 83 1858 0 Enjoinment of property Mississippi
Bass v. Heard 33 Miss. 131 1857 0 Enjoinment of executions Mississippi
Davis v. Hubbard 38 Ala. 185 1861 0 Enjoining Recovery Action for an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Santamaria 157 A.3d 409, 411 (N.H. 2017) 2017 1 English common law; writ of coram nobis for new trial New Hampshire
McLeod v. Dell 9 Fla. 451 1861 0 Enforecment of a Nuncipative Will Supreme Court of FL
Greenwood v. Coleman 34 Ala. 150 1859 0 Enforce Voluntary Conveyance Alabama
McCartney v. King 25 Ala. 681 1854 0 Enforce Vendor's Lien for Purhcase of Land Alabama
White v. Trotter 22 Miss. 30 1850 0 Enforcement on mortgage lien on enslaved persons Mississippi
Twelves v. Nevill 39 Ala. 175 1863 0 Enforcement of Trust Alabama
Work v. Harper 31 Miss. 107 1856 0 Enforcement of judgment through execution levied on slave Mississippi
Govan v. Binford 25 Miss. 151 1852 0 Enforcement of delivery of enslaved man Mississippi