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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gilliam v. Welch 15 N.C. 286 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
United States v. Prout 27 F. Cas. 625 1833 0 Selling Liquor to 'negroes' in a public manner. /Disorderly House United States
State v. Edmund 15 N.C. 340 1833 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Weldon 31 Va. 652 1833 0 Burglary General Ct. of VA
Betty v. Horton 32 Va. 615 1833 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Elder v. Elder's Ex'or 31 Va. 252 1833 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
White v. White 15 N.C. 257 1833 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Caldwell v. Wallace 4 Stew. & P. 282 1833 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Wyatt v. Greer 4 Stew. & P. 318 1833 0 Breach of Contract for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
United States v. Summers 4 D.C. 334 1833 0 Preemptory challenge United States
Harriss v. Richardson 15 N.C. 279 1833 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Pemberton v. Zacharie 5 La. 310 1833 0 Promissory notes, obligations, sales, property, debts, contracts, successions, mortgages Louisiana
Jones v. Jones 17 N.C. 387 1833 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Cozzins v. Whitaker 3 Stew. & P. 322 1833 0 Fradulent Representations for the Value of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Barton v. Morphis 15 N.C. 240 1833 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Davis v. Calvert 5 G. & J. 269 1833 0 Maryland
Hogan v. Bell 4 Stew. & P. 286 1833 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Randall v. Henry 5 Stew. & P. 367 1834 0 Trespass action Alabama
Perry v. Maxwell 17 N.C. 488 1834 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
United States v. Lloyd 4 D.C. 468 1834 0 Assault and battery against a slave United States