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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Inhabitants of Edgartown v. Inhabitants of Tisbury 64 Mass. 408 1852 0 Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in support of slave Massachusetts
Brown v. Thorndike 32 Mass. 388 1834 0 Will & Trust Massachusetts
Reece v. Johnson 20 F. Cas. 403 1829 0 Title dispute Arkansas
The Porpoise 19 F. Cas. 1064 1855 0 Action against vessel employed as tender to slavers United States
Commonwealth v. Turner 44 Mass. 19 1841 0 Indictment for kidnapping Massachusetts
Commonwealth v. Taylor 44 Mass. 72 1841 0 Master did not properly claim custody of adolescent slave Massachusetts
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Charge to Grand Jury 30 F. Cas. 983 1854 0 "preceding part of the charge related to certain offences under the acts of congress against the slave-trade" - only mention of slavery United States
United States v. Battiste 24 F. Cas. 1042 1835 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
United States v. Glamorgan 25 F. Cas. 1333 1855 0 Libel of information for foreiture of property based on emploment in slave trade United States
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Burnett v. Hawpe's Ex'or 66 Va. 481 1874 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Kenny's Adm'ors v. Kenny 66 Va. 293 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Wyche v. Greene 26 Ga. 415 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Cocke v. Minor 66 Va. 246 1874 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
In re Caldwell 4 F. Cas. 1035 1874 0 Bankruptcy Dist. Ct., E.D. VA
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Pulse v. the State 24 Tenn. 108 1844 0 Tennessee