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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Evans v. Bolling 5 Ala. 550 1843 0 Bond dispute Alabama
Nunn v. Goodlett 10 Ark. 89 1849 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Childress v. Fowler 9 Ark. 159 1848 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Ex parte Reardon 9 Ark. 450 1849 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Wright v. Yell 13 Ark. 503 1853 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Walker v. Scott 13 Ark. 644 1853 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Wilson v. Anthony 19 Ark. 16 1857 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Curry v. Gaulden 17 Ga. 72 1855 0 Bond Supreme Court of Georgia
Boarman v. Groves 23 Miss. 280 1852 0 Binding of wife's separate property Mississippi
Alexander v. Moye 38 Miss. 640 1860 0 Bill to rescind defective title Mississippi
Humphres v. Terrell 1 Ala. 650 1840 0 Bill to redeem enslaved persons Alabama
Singleton v. Gayle 8 Port. 270 1838 0 Bill to Foreclose Mortgage Alabama
Byrd v. Clendenin 11 Ark. 572 1851 0 Bill to enforce property ownership Arkansas
Warner v. Burton 12 Ark. 144 1851 0 Bill to enforce divorce Arkansas
Sewell v. Price's Adm'r 32 Ala. 97 1858 0 Bill of sale/mortgage dispute Alabama
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 Bill of sale invalid in VT SC of Vermont
Edgerton v. McRea 6 Miss. 183 1840 0 Bill of sale for slaves dispute Mississippi
Collins v. McCargo 14 Miss. 128 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi