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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Joe v. State 38 Ala. 422 1863 0 Indictment for Burglary Alabama
Witherby v. State 39 Ala. 702 1866 0 Indictment against Freedman for Assault Alabama
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Indicment for Stealing an Enslaved Person Alabama
Oxford v. State 33 Ala. 416 1859 0 Indicment for Receivning Stolen Goods Alabama
Murray v. State 9 Fla. 246 1860 0 Inclusion of Slaves in Criminal Statutes Supreme Court of FL
Pons v. Hart 5 Fla. 457 1854 0 Identity of Defendant's Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Sanderson v. Jones 6 Fla. 430 1855 0 Husband's Conveyance Power Supreme Court of FL
Isham v. State 38 Ala. 213 1862 0 Homicide of a White Person Alabama
Field v. Walker 17 Ala. 80 1849 0 Habeas Corpus Rights of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA
Paulk v. Wolfe, Gillespie & Co. 34 Ala. 541 1859 0 Gift of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bloodgood v. Grasey 31 Ala. 575 1858 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Fields v. Walker 23 Ala. 155 1853 0 Freedom Suit Alabama
Marsh's Administrator v. Richardson's Administrator 49 Ala. 430 1873 0 Fraudulent Assignment Alabama
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Judge v. Forsyth's Executors 11 Fla. 257 1867 0 Foreclosure of a Mortgage on Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Wynn v. Ely 8 Fla. 232 1858 0 Forcelosure of a Mortgage on Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Union Bank v. Heirs & Terretenants of Powell 3 Fla. 175 1850 0 Forced Sale of Slaves and Land Supreme Court of FL
Commonwealth v. Carver 26 Va. 660 1827 0 First-degree murder General Ct of VA
Grayson v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 712 1849 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA