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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Declaration of freedom Connecticut
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 Declarations outside contract United States
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Declaration to change heirs Arkansas
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Decree for the sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Fitts v. Fitts 14 Tex. 443 1855 0 Decree of divorce property dispute Texas
Saffold v. Saffold 14 Ark. 408 1854 0 Decree pro confesso Arkansas
Cannon v. Hemphill 7 Tex. 184 1851 0 Decree setting aside property Texas
Vasser v. Vasser 23 Miss. 378 1852 0 Deed Mississippi
Williams v. Allen 17 Ga. 81 1855 0 Deed Supreme Court of Georgia
Du Bose v. Carlisle 51 Ala. 590 1874 0 Deed conveying Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Ferguson v. Applenhite 18 Miss. 301 1848 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Noble v. Coleman 16 Ala. 77 1849 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Marshall v. Fulgham 5 Miss. 216 1839 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Kirby v. Calhoun 16 Miss. 462 1847 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
McVay's Adm'r v. Ijams 27 Ala. 238 1855 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Merrill v. Rhodes 37 Ala. 449 1861 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Hancock v. Jordan 7 Ala. 448 1845 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Carter v. Mannings 7 Ala. 851 1845 0 Deed dispute Alabama