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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Moore v. Clopton 22 Ark. 125 1860 0 Application of contractual rules for enslaved person import from other state Arkansas
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Application of Probate of Will for Married Person Alabama
Knight v. Yarborough 25 Va. 566 1826 0 Appointment of slaves SC of Appeals VA
Wilbourn v. Wilbourn 48 Miss. 38 1873 0 Appropriation of cotton raised by slaves in an estate Mississippi
Green v. Brooks 25 Ark. 318 1869 0 Appropriation of estate including enslaved person Arkansas
Talbott v. Hartley 1 D.C. 31 1801 0 Arbitration United States
Jenkins v. Gillespie 18 Miss. 31 1848 0 Arbitration dispute Mississippi
Cobb v. Parham 4 La. Ann. 148 1849 0 Arbitration, property, liquidation, injunction, agency Louisiana
State v. Laughlin 53 N.C. 455 1862 0 Arson North Carolina
State v. Lauglin 53 N.C. 354 1861 0 Arson North Carolina
State v. Jim 53 N.C. 459 1862 0 Arson North Carolina
Mary v. State 24 Ark. 44 1862 0 Arson by enslaved person Arkansas
State v. Johnson 12 N.C. 360 1827 0 Asportation of slaves North Carolina
In re Charge to Grand Jury - Treason 5 Pa. L.J. 55 1851 0 Assault Circuit Court, E.D. PA.
State v. Moses 13 N.C. 452 1830 0 Assault North Carolina
Voss v. Howard 1 D.C. 251 1805 0 Assault United States
United States v. Davidson 4 D.C. 576 1835 0 Assault and Battery United States
United States v. Thompson 28 F. Cas. 89 1823 0 Assault and Battery United States
Murray v. Dulany 3 D.C. 343 1828 0 Assault and Battery United States
United States v. Lloyd 4 D.C. 468 1834 0 Assault and battery against a slave United States