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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Doe on demise of Freeman v. Edmunds 10 N.C. 7 1824 0 Trusts North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 28 Va. 34 1829 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Cheatham 19 Ark. 278 1857 0 Action to redeem two enslaved persons Arkansas
Ex parte Royster 6 Ark. 29 1845 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Sims v. Goodwyn 31 Ga. 267 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, N.D. New York
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1015 1851 0 Re. fugitive slave law United States
Gregory v. Williams 24 Ark. 177 1866 0 Hire of enslaved person Arkansas
State v. Roland 28 N.C. 241 1846 0 Indictment for marry a slave North Carolina
Ex parte Pile 9 Ark. 336 1849 0 Delivery bond dispute Arkansas
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Jack v. Martin 12 Wend. 311 1834 0 Recovery for freedom SC of Judicature of New York
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Pogue ex rel. Calvert v. Joyner 6 Ark. 241 1845 0 Debt dispute Arkansas
Cobb v. State 27 Ga. 648 1859 0 indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Plummer v. Brandon 40 N.C. 190 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Craig v. McGehee 16 Ala. 41 1849 0 Dispute over Wil Alabama
Evans v. Merriken 8 G. & J. 39 1836 0 Maryland
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut