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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Buckner v. Street 4 F. Cas. 578 1871 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons E.D. Ark.
Pillow v. Brown 26 Ark. 240 1870 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Willis v. Halliburton 25 Ark. 173 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Atkins v. Busby 25 Ark. 176 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Cook v. Bronaugh 13 Ark. 183 1852 0 Contract for sale dispute Arkansas
Mickie v. Lawrence 26 Va. 571 1827 0 Contract for land SC of Appeals VA
Harris v. Maury 30 Ala. 679 1857 0 Contract for Hire of Enslaved Person Alabama
Craft v. Jackson 4 Ga. 360 1848 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Bulloch v. Smith 15 Ga. 395 1854 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Cleland v. Low 32 Ga. 458 1861 0 Contract dispute over slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Comas v. Reddish 35 Ga. 236 1866 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Gaulden v. Lawrence 33 Ga. 159 1862 0 contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mauldin v. Mitchell 14 Ala. 814 1848 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Weaver v. Lapsley 42 Ala. 601 1868 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama