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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Guild v. Richards 82 Mass. 309 1860 0 Breach of deed condition Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Newsome v. Cogburn 30 Ga. 291 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Kirkpatrick 67 Va. 145 1875 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jones' Ex'ors v. Clark 66 Va. 642 1875 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
McChesney v. Brown's Heirs 66 Va. 393 1874 0 Conveyance of property SC of Appeals VA
Kenny's Adm'ors v. Kenny 66 Va. 293 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Shannon v. McMullin 66 Va. 211 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Cocke v. Minor 66 Va. 246 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Nowlin v. Reynolds 66 Va. 137 1874 0 Action to recover land SC of Appeals VA
Burwell's Ex'or v. Lumsden 65 Va. 443 1874 0 Validity of settlement SC of Appeals VA
Oliver v. Persons 30 Ga. 391 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Lenox v. Notrebe 15 F. Cas. 319 1834 0 Will & trust Arkansas
United States v. Battiste 24 F. Cas. 1042 1835 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
United States v. Glamorgan 25 F. Cas. 1333 1855 0 Libel of information for foreiture of property based on emploment in slave trade United States
The Tigris 23 F. Cas. 1220 1841 0 Libel for accusation of engaging in slave trade United States
Janes v. Buzzard 13 F. Cas. 344 1834 0 Action of assumpsit for work of enslaved persons Arkansas