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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lewis v. Daniel 29 Tenn. 305 1849 0 Tennessee
Dye v. Wall 6 Ga. 584 1849 0 Contract of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Foster v. Brooks 6 Ga. 287 1849 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Kavanaugh v. Thompson 16 Ala. 817 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Freeman v. Thayer 29 Me. 369 1849 1 Maine
Bank v. Sheriff of Sevier County 1 Unrep. Tenn. Cas. 40 1849 1 Tennessee
Rowan v. Mercer 29 Tenn. 359 1849 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Fletcher v. Button 6 Barb. 646 1849 1 New York
Rogillio v. Swift 4 La. Ann. 247 1849 1 Louisiana
State v. McLane 4 La. Ann. 435 1849 1 Louisiana
Taylor v. Horsey 5 Del. 131 1849 0 Trover of an enslaved individual Delaware
Barnard v. Gibson 48 U.S. 650 1849 1 United States
Nunn v. Goodlett 10 Ark. 89 1849 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Price v. Allen 9 Hum. 703 1849 0 Tennessee
Puryear v. Puryear 16 Ala. 486 1849 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Steele v. Shirley 21 Miss. 196 1849 0 Wrongful recovery of slaves Mississippi
Baxter v. Duren 29 Me. 434 1849 1 Maine