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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
English's Ex'r v. McNair's Admr's 34 Ala. 40 1859 0 Will & trust Alabama
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Crickard's Ex'or v. Crickard's Legatees 66 Va. 410 1874 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Williams 47 N.C. 194 1855 0 Indictment for larceny and trading w/ slaves North Carolina
Porter v. Ross 55 N.C. 196 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Franklin v. State 12 Md. 236 1858 0 Maryland
Brookshire v. Dubose 55 N.C. 276 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Webb v. Weeks 48 N.C. 279 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Brame v. Brame 55 N.C. 280 1855 0 Deeds North Carolina
Savage v. Benham 11 Ala. 49 1847 0 Will & trust Alabama
Franklin’s Adm’r v. Depriest 54 Va. 257 1856 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
McCandlish v. Keen 54 Va. 615 1857 0 Conveyance of Property SC of Appeals VA
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Use of Slaves as Security for Payment Supreme Court of FL
State v. Patrick 48 N.C. 443 1856 0 Murder North Carolina
Lashley v. Lashley 48 N.C. 414 1856 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Haughton v. Benbury 55 N.C. 337 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut