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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Sheppard v. Thomas 26 Ark. 617 1871 0 Intepretation of contract of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Green v. Brooks 25 Ark. 318 1869 0 Appropriation of estate including enslaved person Arkansas
Quinlan v. Fitzpatrick 25 Ark. 471 1869 0 Administration of state with emancipated enslaved person Arkansas
Willis v. Halliburton 25 Ark. 173 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
McWillie v. Martin 25 Ark. 556 1869 0 Challenge to executor actions that included sale of "a negro woman" Arkansas
Haynes v. Bessellieu 25 Ark. 499 1869 0 Inheritance of proceeds of sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Russell v. Shute 25 Ark. 469 1869 0 Judgement for debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Jacoway v. Denton 25 Ark. 625 1869 0 Finding Arkansas constitutional provision that invalidates contract for sale of enslaved persons unconstitutional Arkansas
Atkins v. Busby 25 Ark. 176 1867 0 Contract for sale of emancipated enslaved persons Arkansas
Finn v. Hempstead 24 Ark. 111 1863 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas
Buchanan v. Nixon 26 Ark. 47 1870 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Daniel v. Roper 24 Ark. 131 1863 0 Trover by freed enslaved person Arkansas
Pillow v. Brown 26 Ark. 240 1870 0 Contract for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Miller v. Physick 24 Ark. 244 1866 0 Delivery in sale of enslaved person Arkansas
Hastings v. White 26 Ark. 308 1870 0 Debt for enslaved persons Arkansas
Dorris v. Grace 24 Ark. 326 1866 0 Sale of enslaved person and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Rust v. Reives 24 Ark. 359 1866 0 Sale of enslaved person and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Fleming v. Johnson 26 Ark. 421 1871 0 Sale of enslaved persons by estate Arkansas
Knott v. Knott 26 Ark. 444 1871 0 Debt secured by enslaved persons Arkansas
Montgomery Adm'r. v. Erwin 24 Ark. 540 1867 0 Trover for enslaved persons Arkansas