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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Jefferson 3 Del. 571 1842 0 Murder trial Delaware
State v. Jarvis 2 Del. Cas. 232 1805 0 Indictment for assault, battery, and false imrpisonment of an enslaved man Delaware
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Jackson 6 La. Ann. 593 1851 0 Criminal law, capital punishment, false confessions Louisiana
State v. Jack 14 La. Ann. 385 1859 0 Criminal law, murder, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Isham 10 N.C. 185 1824 0 Grand larceny North Carolina
State v. Isaac 3 La. Ann. 359 1848 0 Murder, criminal law, jury challenge, double jeopardy, confessions Louisiana
State v. Isaac 13 N.C. 47 1828 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Hyman 46 N.C. 59 1853 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
State v. Hudson 2 Del. Cas. 28 1797 0 Indictment for assault and battery on an enslaved man by a deputized man Delaware
State v. Hopkins 49 N.C. 305 1857 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
State v. Hoover 20 N.C. 365 1839 0 Homicide North Carolina
State v. Hester 47 N.C. 83 1854 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Henry 31 N.C. 463 1849 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Henderson 13 La. Ann. 489 1858 0 Capital punishment, stabbing by enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Heddon 1 N.J.L. 377 1795 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
State v. Harris 63 N.C. 1 1868 0 Murder North Carolina
State v. Harriet 49 N.C. 264 1857 0 Indictment for grand larceny North Carolina