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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
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
The King v. Moore 1 Jefferson 8 1733 0 Action of trespass General Ct. of VA
Mangham v. Reed 11 Ga. 137 1852 0 Action of trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. May 15 Va. 288 1810 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Buckner v. Chew 2 Va. Col. Dec. 114 1740 0 Action of trespass General Ct. of VA
Pettis v. Warren 1 Kirby 426 1788 0 Action of trespass Connecticut
Green v. Allen 44 N.C. 228 1853 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
McClees v. Sikes 46 N.C. 310 1854 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Lewis v. Holbrook 91 Mass. 347 1864 0 Action of tort for seized boat Massachusetts
Ela v. Smith 71 Mass. 121 1855 0 Action of tort for illegally seizing alleged slave Massachusetts
Skinner v. White 18 N.C. 471 1836 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Cave v. Shelor 16 Va. 193 1811 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Kirksey v. Bates 1 Ala. 303 1840 0 Action of replevison by a bond Alabama
Gowan v. Jones 18 Miss. 164 1848 0 Action of replevin to recover slaves Mississippi
Hazzard v. Walton 1 Del. Cas. 221 1799 0 Action of replevin of an enslaved person denied because lack of evidence of enslavement to another individual Delaware
Dixon v. Feild 10 Ark. 243 1849 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas
Dixon v. Thatcher's Heirs 8 Ark. 134 1847 0 Action of replevin for enslaved person Arkansas