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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Starnes 8 La.Ann. 78 1853 0 Judicial seizure, unpaid wages, property Louisiana
Abernathy v. Abernathy 8 Fla. 243 1858 0 Suit in Chancery by Wife Supreme Court of FL
McKay v. Friebele 8 Fla. 21 1858 0 Enforcement of an Instrument of Assignment Supreme Court of FL
Price v. Sanchez 8 Fla. 136 1858 0 Property Rights in a Slave to a Married Women Supreme Court of FL
Heffron v. State 8 Fla. 73 1858 0 Indictment for Selling Liquor to a Black Man Supreme Court of FL
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Bryan v. Bryan 16 N.C. 47 1827 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Spence v. Bagwell 47 Va. 444 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Austin v. State 14 Ark. 555 1854 0 Confession of murder - dispute Arkansas
Adams v. Adams 36 Ga. 236 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Duffy v. Murrill 31 N.C. 46 1848 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Arnold v. Miller 26 Miss. 152 1853 0 Usurious contract Mississippi
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Carleton & Co. v. Banks 7 Ala. 32 1844 0 Dispute over Deed of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Leggett v. Simmons 15 Miss. 348 1846 0 Trespass to recover value of slave Mississippi
Overseers v. Kline 9 Pa. 217 1848 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Failure to deliver slave District Court, E.D. PA.
Hobbs v. Fogg 6 Watts 553 1837 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.