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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
President of the Bank of Newbern v. Pullen 15 N.C. 297 1833 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Prescott v. Johnson 8 Fla. 391 1859 0 Effectiveness of Lost Promissory Notes Supreme Court of FL
Prather v. Prather 11 G. & J. 110 1840 0 Maryland
Prather v. Burgess 5 D.C. 376 1837 0 Marriage/Divorce United States
Prater's Adm'r v. Darby 24 Ala. 496 1854 0 Detinue for Enslaved Persons Alabama
Pralon v. Aymard 12 La. 487 1846 0 Sales, privileges, mortgages, promissory notes Louisiana
Poyner v. McRae 50 N.C. 276 1858 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Poydras v. Tusson 10 La. 46 1836 0 Sales, mortgages, seizure, sales, contracts, property Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 18 La. 12 1841 0 Property, successions, obligations, contracts, wills, sales Louisiana
Pownal v. Taylor 37 Va. 172 1839 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Powell v. State 21 Ark. 509 1860 0 Enslaved person working at store that sold liquor Arkansas
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Olds 9 Ala. 861 1846 0 Trover of a Young Female Enslaved Person Alabama
Powell v. Leonard 9 Fla. 359 1861 0 Delivery of a Slave as a "Causa Mortis" Gift Supreme Court of FL
Powell v. Glenn 21 Ala. 458 1852 0 Trover Alabama
Powell v. Cook 15 N.C. 499 1834 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 456 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Powell v. Aiken & Gwinn 18 La. 321 1841 0 Property, intervenor, debts, privileges, contracts Louisiana