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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Blackwell v. Wilkinson 1 Jefferson 73 1768 0 Slave (Property) Entailment General Ct. of VA
Moss v. Ashbrooks 20 Ark. 128 1859 0 WIll & trust Arkansas
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Gilchrist v. Marrow 5 N.C. 607 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 Indictment for taking and conveying a free man out of the State w/ the intent to sell him as a slave North Carolina
Fleming v. Townsend 6 Ga. 103 1849 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Doe ex dem. Cobb v. Hines 44 N.C. 343 1853 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Robson v. Harwell 6 Ga. 589 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Abernathy 44 N.C. 428 1853 0 Indictment for buying and receiving goods from a slave North Carolina
Danley v. Rector 10 Ark. 211 1849 0 Gift dispute Arkansas
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Sharpe v. State 48 Ga. 16 1873 0 sexual misconduct Supreme Court of Georgia
Nichols v. Bell 46 N.C. 32 1853 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Mills v. Williams 2 Stew. & P. 390 1832 0 Lien dispute Alabama
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Allen 54 N.C. 24 1853 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Dozier v. Sprouse 54 N.C. 152 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brinson v. Sanders 54 N.C. 210 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Action brought Against Executor to Recover Enslaved Persons Alabama
Marston v. Parish 1 Jefferson 1 1730 0 Action of detinue General Ct. of VA