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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama
Smith v. Smith's Administrators 20 Va. 581 1820 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Gorham v. - 1 N.C. 52 1780 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Mitchell v. Clarke 1 N.C. 25 1790 0 Evidence North Carolina
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Flowers v. Glasgow 2 N.C. 141 1794 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Alston v. Taylor 2 N.C. 439 1796 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Fitzhugh's Administratrix v. Beale 18 Va. 186 1815 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Evans v. Kennedy 2 N.C. 487 1796 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
State v. Weaver 3 N.C. 54 1797 0 Homicide North Carolina
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Conflciting Contracts to Borrow Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bledsoe v. Bledsoe 29 Ga. 385 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Echols v. Jordan 39 Ala. 24 1863 0 Partition of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Dempsey v. Lawrence 21 Va. 333 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA