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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Bettis v. Taylor 8 Port. 564 1839 0 Right of Property Alabama
Embry v. Morrison 63 Tenn. 186 1874 0 Tennessee
Fonte v. Horton 36 Miss. 350 1858 0 Liability of executor for hire of a slave specifically bequeathed Mississippi
Pickett v. Banks 19 Miss. 445 1848 0 Marital property rights dispute Mississippi
Sims’s Case 61 Mass. 285 1851 0 Petition for freedom Massachusetts
Kyle v. Riley 58 Tenn. 230 1872 0 Tennessee
Smith v.Bryan 34 Ga. 53 1864 0 Equity action Supreme Court of georgia
Collins v. Bilderback 5 Del. 133 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Spence v. McMillan 10 Ala. 583 1846 0 Stolen Enslaved Personsaction Alabama
Moore v. People 55 U.S. 13 1852 0 United States
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
McAdams v. Beard & Henderson 34 Ala. 478 1859 0 Right of Property Alabama
Bob v. Powers 19 Ark. 424 1858 0 Deed of manumission Arkansas
United States v. Amy 24 F. Cas. 792 1859 0 Cir. Ct., D. VA
Upchurch v. Norsworthy 15 Ala. 705 1849 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Stewart v. Hood 10 Ala. 600 1846 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Berry v. Alsop 45 Miss. 1 1871 0 Whether emancipated slaves were competent to be parties to an estate settlement Mississippi