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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Cox v. Wilson 24 N.C. 234 1842 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Action to recover a slave Texas
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
Robertson v. Stuart 2 N.C. 182 1795 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Robinson's administrators v. Devone 3 N.C. 154 1801 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Action to Protect Title of Remainder in Enslaved Persons Alabama
Marsh's Adm'r v. Elsworth 37 Ala. 85 1860 0 Action to place lien on enslaved person Alabama
Neill v. Keese 13 Tex. 187 1854 0 Action to order sale of slaves Texas
M'Broom v. Rives 1 Stew. 72 1827 0 Action to order execution of contract Alabama
Walker v. Bradley 2 Ark. 578 1840 0 Action to levy enslaved persons Arkansas
Davis v. Lassiter 20 Ala. 561 1852 0 Action to indemnify enslaved person Alabama
Shugart's Adm'r v. Thompson's Adm'r 37 Va. 434 1839 0 Action to impeach a settled account SC of Appeals VA
Adamson v. Adamson 9 Ark. 26 1848 0 Action to hire enslaved persons Arkansas
Sullivan v. Pierce 10 Ark. 500 1850 0 Action to forfeit delivery bond Arkansas
Hardaway v. Semmes 38 Ala. 657 1863 0 Action to foreclose on property Alabama
Carter v. Reynolds 6 Tex. 561 1851 0 Action to force sale of slaves Texas