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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Dameron v. Gold 17 N.C. 17 1831 0 Trusts North Carolina
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thigpen v. Horne 36 N.C. 20 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Williams v. Maitland 36 N.C. 92 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Alston v. Rowles 13 Fla. 117 1869 0 Disputed Land Conveyed to Wife Supreme Court of FL
Fitzhugh's Administratrix v. Beale 18 Va. 186 1815 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Stephens v. Gibbes 14 Fla. 331 1873 0 Recovery from Executor for a Widow Supreme Court of FL
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Conveyance of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Breach of Warranty Alabama
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Defects and material Supreme Court of Georgia
Evans v. Kennedy 2 N.C. 487 1796 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Ewing v. Blount 20 Ala. 694 1852 0 Conversion Alabama
Finch v. Ragland 17 N.C. 137 1831 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Recovery for slave SC of Judicature of New York
Holtzapple v. Phillibaum 12 F. Cas. 430 1823 0 Ejectment of land Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Dabbs v. Dabbs 27 Ala. 646 1855 0 Will & trust Alabama
Buel v. Pumphrey 2 Md. 261 1852 0 Maryland