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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Wyche v. Greene 26 Ga. 415 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Pendleton v. Whiting 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 38 1791 0 Trusts H.Ct of Chancery VA
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Overstreet v. Randolph 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 47 1789 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Sorrell's Case 3 Va. 253 1786 0 Manslaughter General Ct. of VA
Carter v. Webb 1 Jefferson 123 1772 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Comstock v. Rayford 20 Miss. 369 1849 0 Sale of slaves dispute Mississippi
Rheubottom v. Sadler Exr. 19 Ark. 491 1858 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Jordan v. Mead 12 Ala. 247 1847 0 Foreclosure on Mortgages Alabama
Tucker v. Sweney 1 Va. Col. Dec. 149 1730 0 Action of debt General Ct. of VA
Slocomb, Richards & Co. v. Blackburn 18 Ark. 309 1857 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Churchill v. Machen 1 Va. Col. Dec. 141 1730 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Graves v. Boyd 1 Va. Col. Dec. 155 1730 0 Contracts General Ct. of VA
Phippard v. Fordes 4 H. & McH. 481 1721 0 0 Maryland
McKinstry v. Conly 12 Ala. 678 1847 0 Redemption of an Enslaved Person on a Mortgage Alabama
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Action in support of slave Connecticut
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Cruel Punishment of an Enslaved Person Alabama
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Recovery for enslaved person Alabama
Brock v. Garrett 16 Ga. 487 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia