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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Nelson 7 Ala. 610 1845 1 Alabama
Treadwell v. Burden 8 Ala. 660 1845 1 Alabama
Perry v. Holloway 10 Rob. 107 1845 0 Debts, property, fieri facias, mortgages, privileges, fraud Louisiana
Jenkins v. Brown 25 Tenn. 299 1845 0 Tennessee
Yeatman v. Hart 25 Tenn. 375 1845 0 Tennessee
Reuben v. Parrish 25 Tenn. 122 1845 0 Tennessee
Wynn v. Carrell 43 Va. 227 1845 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Hester v. Wilkinson 25 Tenn. 215 1845 0 Tennessee
Miles v. Allen 28 N.C. 88 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Seamans v. White 8 Ala. 656 1845 1 Alabama
Elliott v. Connell 13 Miss. 91 1845 1 Mississippi
Wood v. Cruisman 6 Hum. 279 1845 0 Tennessee
McLanahan v. McLanahan 25 Tenn. 99 1845 0 Tennessee
Priestley v. Bisland 9 Rob. 425 1845 0 Partnerships, property, privileges, notice, service Louisiana
Walker v. Hampton 8 Ala. 412 1845 0 Recovery for enslaved persons Alabama
Hart v. Dunbar 12 Miss. 273 1845 1 Mississippi
Hare v. Fuller 7 Ala. 717 1845 1 Alabama
Hemphill v. Townsend 7 Ala. 853 1845 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Irwin v. Burnett 25 Tenn. 342 1845 0 Tennessee