Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Townsend v. Moore 53 N.C. 147 1860 1 North Carolina
Townsend v. Miles 167 Ala. 514 1910 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Kennard 1 Miss. Dec. 222 1886 1 Mississippi
Townsend v. Jeffries' Adm'r 24 Ala. 329 1854 0 Trespass Alabama
Townsend v. Hill 18 Tex. 422 1857 0 Texas
Townsend v. Henry 26 Miss. 203 1853 0 Distribution of proceeds from sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Townsend v. Gordon 19 Cal. 188 1861 1 California
Townsend v. Cowles 31 Ala. 428 1858 1 Alabama
Townsend v. Chicago Union Traction Co. 1 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 312 1905 1 Illinois
Townsend v. Brinson 117 Ga. 375 1903 1 Georgia
Townsend v. Bonner 1 Shan. Cas. 197 1869 1 Tennessee
Townsend v. Atterberry 171 La. 885 1931 1 Louisiana
Townsend & Bros. v. Harwell 18 Ala. 301 1850 1 Alabama
Town of Wytheville v. Johnson's Executor 108 Va. 589 1908 1 Virginia
Town of Woodville v. Jenks 104 Miss. 184 1913 1 Mississippi
Town of Waterville v. County Commissioners of Kennebec County 59 Me. 80 1871 1 Maine
Town of Washburn v. Lee 128 Wis. 312 1906 1 Wisconsin
Town of Tupelo v. Beard 56 Miss. 532 1879 1 Mississippi
Town of Topsham v. Town of Williamstown 60 Vt. 467 1887 1 Vermont
Town of Stonington v. Powers 37 Conn. 439 1870 1 Connecticut