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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Maxwell v. Miller 33 N.C. 272 1850 0 Action on a covenant North Carolina
Johnston v. Meriwether 7 Va. 523 1790 0 Action on a bond SC of Appeals VA
Davidson v. Elms 67 N.C. 228 1872 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Brown v. Foust 64 N.C. 672 1870 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Savage ex rel. Barrett v. Carter 64 N.C. 196 1870 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Harrell v. Watson 63 N.C. 454 1869 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Barringer v. Holbrook 64 N.C. 540 1870 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
State ex rel. Whitford v. Foy 65 N.C. 265 1871 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Broughton v. Haywood 61 N.C. 380 1867 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Dancey v. Braswell 64 N.C. 102 1870 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Badger v. Jones 66 N.C. 305 1872 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Holland v. Clark 67 N.C. 104 1872 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Munn v. Perkins 9 Miss. 412 1843 0 Action of warranty against slave Mississippi
Miller v. Doxey 1 Miss. 329 1829 0 Action of trover for slaves Mississippi
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydelot 1 Del. Cas. 411 1796 0 Action of trover; Change of venue Delaware
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 Action of trover and conversion SC of Appeals VA
Fain v. Cornett 25 Ga. 184 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia