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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Presley v. State 30 Tex. 160 1867 0 Texas
Kirby v. Miller 44 Tenn. 3 1867 0 Tennessee
Ellington v. Ellington 29 Tex. 2 1867 1 Texas
Newman v. Sloan 45 Tenn. 390 1868 0 Tennessee
Wynne v. State 45 Tenn. 319 1868 0 Tennessee
Hawkins v. Humble 45 Tenn. 531 1868 0 Tennessee
Pensacola & Georgia Railroad v. Nash 12 Fla. 497 1868 0 Liability for the Injury of a Slave for Hire Supreme Court of FL
Collier v. Collier 30 Ind. 32 1868 0 Indiana
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Wilson v. Armstrong 42 Ala. 168 1868 0 Action on Promissory Note Alabama
Madden v. Hooper 42 Ala. 397 1868 0 Right of Property Alabama
Rose v. Pearson 41 Ala. 687 1868 0 Recovery of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Harkness v. Fraser 12 Fla. 336 1868 0 Dispute Over the Conveyance of Property Supreme Court of FL
June v. Myers 12 Fla. 310 1868 0 Ownership of Slaves in Defendant's Possession Supreme Court of FL
Thomson v. Warren 45 Tenn. 644 1868 0 Tennessee
Barbee v. Hail 31 Tex. 161 1868 0 Texas
Geiselman v. Brown 30 Tex. 760 1868 0 Texas
Raymond v. Cook 31 Tex. 373 1868 0 Texas
de la Garza v. Bexar County 31 Tex. 484 1868 0 Texas
Parker v. State 31 Tex. 132 1868 0 Texas