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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Atwood's Adm'r v. Wright 29 Ala. 346 1856 0 Dispute over Sale of an Elsanved Person Alabama
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Action by Heirs to Obtain Enslaved Persons from Executors of Estate Alabama
Atwood v. Craig 3 Stew. & P. 21 1832 0 Sale of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Aubert v. Buhler 3 Mart. (n.s.) 489 1825 0 Injunctions, sales, suretyship, property,, obligations, bonds, debts, fieri facias, mortgages Louisiana
Augustin v. Cailleau 5 Mart. (o.s.) 464 1818 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, res judicata, seizure, successions, sequestration, property Louisiana
Austin’s Ex’or v. Jones 21 Va. 341 1821 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Autrey v. Autrey's Adm'r 37 Ala. 614 1861 0 Settlement and distrubution of estate Alabama
Averitt v. Foy 37 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ayres v. Moore 2 Stew. 336 1830 0 Wrongful detention of an ensalved person Alabama
Ayres v. Parks, Adm'r of Humphries 10 N.C. 59 1824 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Babin v. Nolan 6 La. Ann. 295 1851 0 Successions, marital property, partition Louisiana
Bach v. Hall 3 La. 116 1831 0 Sales, delivery, possessory action, petitory action, parol evidence, property, contracts Louisiana
Back v. Meeks 1 La. 309 1830 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Bacon v. Tyner 26 Miss. 190 1853 0 Vestment of property Mississippi
Badger v. Jones 66 N.C. 305 1872 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Badgett v. Broughton 1 Ga. 591 1846 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Badillo v. Tio 7 La. Ann. 487 1852 0 Property, leases, successions, sales, conversion Louisiana
Badillo v. Tio 6 La. Ann. 129 1851 0 Sales, emancipation, property, successions, legitimacy, alimony Louisiana
Bagly v. Birmingham 23 Tex. 452 1859 0 Texas
Bailey v. Brockett 20 Ga. 148 1856 0 Legal title to slaves Supreme Court