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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Cockrell v. Gurley 26 Ala. 405 1855 0 Action to Protect Title of Remainder in Enslaved Persons Alabama
Nixon v. Rose 53 Va. 425 1855 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Clifton v. Lilley 12 Tex. 130 1854 0 Action to recover a slave Texas
Worten v. Howard 10 Miss. 527 1844 0 Action to recover a slave Mississippi
Cox v. Wilson 24 N.C. 234 1842 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Farrar v. Jackson 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 1 1788 0 Action to recover a slave H.Ct of Chancery VA
Robertson v. Stuart 2 N.C. 182 1795 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Robinson's administrators v. Devone 3 N.C. 154 1801 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 action to recover balance due Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Loftin 38 N.C. 136 1843 0 Action to recover certain slaves North Carolina
Mims v. Mitchell 1 Tex. 443 1846 0 Action to recover cost of caring for slaves Texas
Strozier v. Carroll 31 Ga. 557 1860 0 action to recover damages Supreme Court of Georgia
Ricks v. Battle 29 N.C. 269 1847 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Locke v. Gibbs 26 N.C. 42 1843 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Law v. Law 43 Va. 366 1845 0 Action to recover damages SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Glass 35 N.C. 305 1852 0 Action to recover damages North Carolina
Foster v. Holly 38 Ala. 76 1861 0 Action to recover damages Alabama
Randolph v. Hill 7 Leigh 383 1836 0 Action to recover damages SC of Appeals VA