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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Laura v. State 26 Miss. 174 1853 0 Attempted murder by 3 enslaved persons Mississippi
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
State v. Sue 1 N.C. 54 1800 0 Attempted murder North Carolina
Barney v. Scherling 40 Miss. 320 1866 0 Attachments on conveyance of property Mississippi
Otey v. McAfee's Adm'r 38 Miss. 348 1860 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Montague v. Gaddis 37 Miss. 453 1859 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Irion v. Hume 50 Miss. 419 1874 0 Attachment of slaves Mississippi
Watts v. Clardy 2 Fla. 369 1848 0 Attachment of Marital Rights for Slaves Devised in Estate Supreme Court of FL
Boyd v. Lambeth 24 Miss. 433 1852 0 Attachment of equity Mississippi
Stillwell v. Bertrand 22 Ark. 375 1860 0 Attachment of enslaved persons Arkansas
Thomas v. Lanier 23 Ark. 639 1861 0 Attachment of enslaved person Arkansas
Inhabitants of Andover v. Inhabitants of Canton 13 Mass. 547 1816 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Anderson v. Burke 14 Miss. 475 1846 0 Assusmpit for wages Mississippi
Watson v. Inhabitants of Cambridge 15 Mass. 286 1818 0 Assumpsuit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Mastin v. Cullom & Co. 28 Ala. 670 1856 0 Assumpsit to recover fees Alabama
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in support of slave Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Bennett v. Fail 26 Ala. 605 1855 0 Assumpsit on a Promissory Note for Three Enslaved Persons Alabama