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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
French v. Townes 51 Va. 513 1853 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Thompson v. Jackson 24 Va. 504 1825 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Anderson v. Poindexter 6 Ohio St. 622 1856 0 Ohio
Payne v. Bruton 10 Ark. 53 1849 0 Bill of sale dispute Arkansas
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Owens v. Claytor 56 Md. 129 1881 0 Maryland
Owens v. Crow 62 Md. 491 1884 0 Maryland
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Indictment for harboring slave Ohio
Brown v. Mayor of Mobile 23 Ala. 722 1853 0 Illegal Trade of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Giltner v. Gorham 10 F. Cas. 424 1848 0 United States
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Massey v. Calhoun 26 Ga. 127 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Rogers v. Silas 42 Ga. 541 1871 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Hemming v. Elliott 66 Md. 197 1886 0 Maryland
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jasper's administrators v. Tooly's executors 3 N.C. 351 1805 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Lennard v. Boynton 11 Ga. 109 1852 0 Property action for death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia