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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Peters v. Van Lear 4 Gill 249 1846 0 Maryland
Collins v. McCargo 14 Miss. 128 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Leech v. Cooley 14 Miss. 93 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Fowler v. Trewhit 10 Ala. 622 1846 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Brumby v. Langdon & Co. 10 Ala. 747 1846 1 Alabama
Compton v. Compton 14 Miss. 194 1846 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Stubblefield v. Oden 9 Ala. 651 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Givens v. Lawler 9 Ala. 543 1846 0 Loan of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ballard v. Jones 25 Tenn. 455 1846 0 Tennessee
Gary v. Terrill 9 Ala. 206 1846 0 Detinue for enslaved persons Alabama
Morris v. People 3 Denio 381 1846 1 New York
Vanhouten v. Reily 14 Miss. 440 1846 0 Levy on slave Mississippi
Adams v. Shelby 10 Ala. 478 1846 1 Alabama
Scott v. Freeland 15 Miss. 409 1846 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Ford v. Ford 26 Tenn. 92 1846 0 Tennessee
Garnett v. Roper 10 Ala. 842 1846 1 Alabama
Spence v. Mitchell 9 Ala. 744 1846 1 Alabama
Simpson v. Simpson 26 Tenn. 275 1846 0 Tennessee
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Pierson v. Tom 1 Tex. 577 1846 0 Property dispute Texas