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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Gilky v. Dickerson 9 N.C. 341 1823 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Branch v. Bradley 3 N.C. 53 1798 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Cohoon v. Speed 47 N.C. 133 1855 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
M'Farland v. Smith 1 Miss. 172 1824 0 Action of trespass Mississippi
Atkinson v. Clarke 14 N.C. 171 1831 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Parham v. Blackwelder 30 N.C. 446 1848 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Carter v. Streator 49 N.C. 62 1856 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Newby v. Jackson 52 N.C. 351 1860 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
Hook's Administrators v. Hancock 19 Va. 546 1817 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 Action of slander North Carolina
Cave v. Shelor 16 Va. 193 1811 0 Action of slander SC of Appeals VA
Skinner v. White 18 N.C. 471 1836 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