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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jones v. Allen 27 N.C. 473 1845 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 218 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
Kinsey v. Rhem 24 N.C. 192 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bentley v. Cummins 9 Ark. 487 1849 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Kirk ex rel. Kirk v. Turner 16 N.C. 14 1826 0 Deeds North Carolina
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 Property Interests North Carolina
State v. Johnson 12 N.C. 360 1827 0 Asportation of slaves North Carolina
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Worsham v. Brown 4 Ga. 284 1848 0 Bill in Equity Georgia
Maulding v. Scott 13 Ark. 88 1852 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Omohundro's Estate 2 Brewst. 298 1870 0 Will & trust SC of PA.
Bob v. State 26 Tenn. 129 1846 0 Tennessee
Lyman v. City of Philadelphia 56 Pa. 488 1868 0 Contract dispute SC of PA.
United States v. Darnaud 25 F. Cas. 754 1855 0 Action against slave trader Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Passmore Williamson's Case 26 Pa. 9 1855 0 Recovery for wages SC of PA.
Irwin v. Jordan 26 Tenn. 167 1846 0 Tennessee
Sibley v. Maria 2 Fla. 553 1849 0 Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions Supreme Court of FL