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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Catlett's Ex'or v. Russell 33 Va. 344 1835 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 Gifts North Carolina
Doty v. Mitchell 17 Miss. 435 1848 0 Contract of a married woman to hire slaves Mississippi
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Claytor v. Anthony 27 Va. 285 1828 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Forkner v. Stuart 47 Va. 197 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Davis v. Turner 45 Va. 422 1848 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Slaughter's Adm'r v. Tutt 39 Va. 147 1841 0 Action in trover SC of Appeals VA
Dunbar's Ex'ors v. Woodcock's Ex'or 37 Va. 628 1840 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Ewing v. Standefer 18 Ala. 400 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Allen v. Nordheimer 13 Ark. 339 1853 0 Action of replevin Arkansas
Hambright v. Stover 31 Ga. 300 1860 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Kelsey & Halsted 6 Ga. 365 1849 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Hoyle v. Moore's Devisees 39 N.C. 175 1845 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Pierce v. John 6 Md. 28 1854 0 Maryland
Williams v. Alexander 39 N.C. 207 1845 0 Gift North Carolina
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi