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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Barksdale v. Finney 55 Va. 338 1858 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Sterns 28 Ala. 677 1856 0 Action to recover property Alabama
Layne v. Norris' Adm'r 57 Va. 236 1861 0 Action to recover property SC of Appeals VA
Saunders v. Saunders' Adm'r 20 Ala. 710 1852 0 Action to recover property Alabama
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia
Thompson v. Chumney 8 Tex. 389 1852 0 Action to recover slave Texas
Hardy v. Smith 11 Miss. 316 1844 0 Action to recover slave Mississippi
Duncan v. Dick 1 Miss. 281 1827 0 Action to recover slave Mississippi
Clapp v. Walters 2 Tex. 130 1847 0 Action to recover slave Texas
McDonald v. McGuire 8 Tex. 361 1852 0 Action to recover slave Texas
Chevallier v. Wilson 1 Tex. 161 1846 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Harrison v. Harrison 3 N.C. 355 1805 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Dunn v. Choate 4 Tex. 7 1849 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Hoggatt's Admr. v. Hunt's Executors 1 Miss. 216 1826 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Clarkson v. Booth 58 Va. 490 1867 0 Action to recover slaves SC of Appeals VA
Lowry v. Houston 4 Miss. 394 1839 0 Action to recover slaves Mississippi
Ledbetter v. Lofton 5 N.C. 184 1808 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Nimmo v. Davis 7 Tex. 26 1851 0 Action to recover slaves Texas
Ellington v. Currie 40 N.C. 21 1847 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Tinnen v. Mebane 10 Tex. 246 1853 0 Action to recover slaves Texas