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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wells v. Lane 9 Johns. 144 1812 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Hopkins v. Fleet 9 Johns. 225 1812 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Vrooman v. Phelps 2 Johns. 177 1807 0 Contract dispute SC of New York
Green v. Deberry 24 N.C. 344 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Maltby v. Harwood & Wells 12 Barb. 473 1852 0 SC, General Term, New York
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 SC of New York
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Hart v. Cleis 8 Johns. 41 1811 0 Recovery for trafficking slave SC of New York
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Floyd v. Recorder of City of New York 11 Wend. 180 1834 0 Recovery for slave SC of Judicature of New York
Gibbs v. Mermaud 2 Edw. Ch. 482 1835 0 Chancery Court of New York
Wells v. Lane 8 Johns. 462 1811 0 Recovery for haboring slaves SC of New York
Dubois v. Allen 1 Ant. N.P. Cas. 128 1809 0 Recovery for enticing slave away from owner SC of New York
Schuyler v. Russ 2 Cai. 202 1804 0 Warranty on sold slave SC of New York
Nash v. Benedict 25 Wend. 644 1841 0 Kidnapping SC of Judicature of New York
Ely v. Van Beuren 3 Cai. 218 1805 0 SC of New York
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA