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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Inhabitants of Salem v. Inhabitants of Hamilton 4 Mass. 676 1808 0 Action to recover expenses Massachusetts
Weaver v. Puryear 11 Ala. 941 1847 0 Action to recover for breach of warranty Alabama
Barney v. Bush 9 Ala. 345 1846 0 Action to recover for default credit Alabama
Mitchell v. Mims 8 Tex. 6 1852 0 Action to recover for hiring of slaves Texas
Dearing v. Ford 21 Miss. 269 1850 0 Action to recover for maintanence of slaves Mississippi
Mitchell v. Tallapoosa County 30 Ala. 130 1857 0 Action to recover for medical services rendered to enslaved person Alabama
Charlton v. Unis 45 Va. 58 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Henderson v. Allens 11 Va. 235 1807 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Nicholas v. Burruss 31 Va. 289 1833 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
M'Candlish v. Edloe 44 Va. 330 1846 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Mercer v. Kelso's adm'r 45 Va. 106 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Wolfe v. Parham 18 Ala. 441 1850 0 Action to Recover Garnishment Alabama
King v. Avery 37 Ala. 169 1861 0 Action to recover interest in enslaved persons Alabama
Nowlin v. Reynolds 66 Va. 137 1874 0 Action to recover land SC of Appeals VA
Edwards v. Thompson 71 N.C. 177 1874 0 Action to recover land and damages North Carolina
Witter v. Dudley 42 Ala. 616 1868 0 Action to recover lands Alabama
Meeker v. Childress 1 Minor 109 1823 0 Action to recover medical expenses for enslaved person Alabama
Scott's Ex'ix v. Scott 59 Va. 150 1868 0 Action to recover payment SC of Appeals VA
M'Dowell v. Burd 6 Binn. 198 1813 0 Action to recover price of slave SC of PA.
Caldwell v. Haley 3 Tex. 317 1848 0 Action to recover price of slave Texas