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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Lamar v. Williams 39 Miss. 342 1860 0 Action of trespass by owner of a slave for the whipping of the slave by another Mississippi
Hook v. Nanny 14 Va. 157 1809 0 Action of trespass, assault, battery, false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Shelton v. Barbour 2 Va. 64 1795 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, & false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Jenkins v. Tom 1 Va. 123 1792 0 Action of trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment SC of Appeals VA
Johnson v. Tompkins 13 F. Cas. 840 1833 0 Action of trespass and false imprisonment Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dixon v. Watkins 9 Ark. 139 1848 0 Action of trespass against enslaved person Arkansas
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Blackledge v. Clark 24 N.C. 394 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Garth's Executors v. Barksdale 19 Va. 101 1816 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Glen v. Hodges 9 Johns. 67 1812 0 Action of trespass SC of New York
Cannon v. Peebles 26 N.C. 204 1843 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Pierce v. Myrick 12 N.C. 345 1827 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Moore's Administrator v. Dawney 13 Va. 127 1808 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Chaney v. Saunders 17 Va. 51 1811 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Dabney v. Taliaferro 25 Va. 256 1826 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Kennedy v. Waller 12 Va. 415 1808 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Lucas 22 Va. 268 1823 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Richardson v. Perkins 18 Va. 512 1815 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA