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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Houston v. Burney 10 Miss. 583 1844 0 Action against vendor of slaves Mississippi
Abraham Ex'r v. Gray 14 Ark. 301 1853 0 Action against vendor Arkansas
Greenwood v. Curtis 6 Mass. 358 1810 0 Action against slave trader Massachusetts
United States v. Darnaud 25 F. Cas. 754 1855 0 Action against slave trader Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Lewis v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 392 1872 0 Action against slave for religious acountability Mississippi
Governor v. Baker 14 Ala. 652 1848 0 Action against sheriff for failure to return enslaved persons Alabama
Hope v. Evans 12 Miss. 321 1845 0 Action against sale of slave Mississippi
McGrew v. Cato's Executors 1 Minor 8 1820 0 Action against person for killing enslaved person Alabama
State v. Jones 1 Miss. 83 1820 0 Action against person for killing a slave Mississippi
Suzett v. Buckels 8 Miss. 663 1843 0 Action against person for harboring a slave Mississippi
White v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 209 1872 0 Action against person for harboring alleged slave Mississippi
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Grinder v. State 2 Tex. 339 1847 0 Action against owner of slave who allegedly committed murder Texas
Kelly v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 235 1872 0 Action against master for killing a slave Mississippi
Bissell v. Lindsay 9 Ala. 162 1846 0 Action against marshall for wrongful recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Ellis v. Wootten 2 Del. Cas. 625 1821 0 Action against man who failed to deliver an enslaved individual Delaware
Hylliard v. Nickols 2 Root 176 1795 0 Action against illegal exportation of slaves Connecticut
Young v. Lewis 9 Tex. 73 1852 0 Action against hirer of slave Texas