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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Holman v. Sims 39 Ala. 709 1866 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Mitchell v. Mitchell 3 Stew. & P. 81 1832 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Bohannon v. Chapman 17 Ala. 696 1850 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Hodge v. Wyatt 10 Ala. 271 1846 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Long v. Kent 6 Ala. 100 1844 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Williamson v. Lewis 39 Pa. 9 1861 0 Action to recover debt SC of PA.
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Action to recover damages from railroad company for death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dargan v. Mayor of Mobile 31 Ala. 469 1858 0 Action to recover damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
Morton v. Bradley 30 Ala. 683 1857 0 Action to Recover Damages for Killing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Fowlkes v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 310 1862 0 Action to recover damages for death of enslaved person Alabama
Law v. Law 43 Va. 366 1845 0 Action to recover damages SC of Appeals VA
Foster v. Holly 38 Ala. 76 1861 0 Action to recover damages Alabama
Ricks v. Battle 29 N.C. 269 1847 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Locke v. Gibbs 26 N.C. 42 1843 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Jones v. Glass 35 N.C. 305 1852 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Randolph v. Hill 7 Leigh 383 1836 0 Action to recover damages SC of Appeals VA
Strozier v. Carroll 31 Ga. 557 1860 0 action to recover damages Supreme Court of Georgia
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Jones v. Loftin 38 N.C. 136 1843 0 Action to recover certain slaves North Carolina
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 action to recover balance due Supreme Court of Georgia