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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Williams v. Cheatham 19 Ark. 278 1857 0 Action to redeem two enslaved persons Arkansas
Edrington v. League 1 Tex. 64 1846 0 Action to redeem value of slave Texas
Williams v. Hatch 38 Ala. 338 1862 0 Action to reform mortgage Alabama
Catterlin v. Hardy 10 Ala. 511 1846 0 Action to remove enslaved persons Alabama
Harrison v. McCrary 37 Ala. 687 1861 0 Action to require performance of contract Alabama
Scudder v. Seals 1 Miss. 154 1824 0 Action to restore slaves Mississippi
Inhabitants of Dighton v. Inhabitants of Freetown 4 Mass. 539 1808 0 Action to reverse judgement Massachusetts
Drinkwater v. Holliday 11 Ala. 134 1847 0 Action to secure payment Alabama
Houston v. Royston 9 Miss. 238 1843 0 Action to secure payment for slave Mississippi
Walcott v. Hendrick 6 Tex. 406 1851 0 Action to seize and attach two slaves to property of defendant Texas
Colgin v. Redman 20 Ala. 650 1852 0 Action to sell enslaved persons Alabama
Howard v. North 5 Tex. 290 1849 0 Action to sell property Texas
Dance v. Seaman 52 Va. 778 1854 0 Action to set aside a deed of trust SC of Appeals VA
Mosely v. Tuthill 45 Ala. 621 1871 0 Action to vacate sale of property Alabama
Dennis v. State 5 Ark. 230 1843 0 Action under act declaring rape by a enslaved person punishable by death Arkansas
Charles v. State 11 Ark. 389 1850 0 Action under statute declaring negro to be punished with death for attempting to commit rape Arkansas
Wiley v. Parmer 14 Ala. 627 1848 0 Action under statute taxing enslaved persons Alabama
Pendleton v. State 6 Ark. 509 1846 0 Action under statute to prohibit emigration of enslaved persons Arkansas
Smith v. Horsey 1 Del. Cas. 16 1793 0 Act of fraud of giving two enslaved individuals Delaware
Henderson v. Brown 1 Cai. 92 1803 0 Act of trespass against officer seeking to valuate slaves SC of New York