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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Merrill v. Rhodes 37 Ala. 449 1861 0 Deed dispute Alabama
McVay's Adm'r v. Ijams 27 Ala. 238 1855 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Parks v. Willard 1 Tex. 350 1846 1 Deed dispute Texas
Ex parte Royster 6 Ark. 29 1845 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Lenoir v. Rainey 15 Ala. 667 1849 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Crutchfield v. Haynes 14 Ala. 49 1848 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Crosby v. Huston 1 Tex. 203 1846 0 Deed dispute Texas
Simmons v. North 11 Miss. 67 1844 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Ravisies v. Alston 5 Ala. 297 1843 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Cornish v. Dews 18 Ark. 172 1856 0 Deed dispute/creditor dispute Arkansas
Wayne v. Myddleton 2 Ga. 383 1847 0 Deed for certain slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Clark v. Way & Taylor 33 Ga. Supp. 149 1864 0 Deed for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Blizzard v. Nosworthy 50 Ga. 514 1874 0 Deed for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Fairley v. Fairley 34 Miss. 18 1857 0 Deed in consideration Mississippi
Osborn v. Noble 46 Miss. 449 1872 0 Deed in trust secured by promissory notes for the sale of land and slaves Mississippi
Perkins v. Keith 33 Ga. 525 1863 0 Deed of conveyance Supreme Court of Georgia
Burroughs v. Jenkins 62 N.C. 33 1866 0 Deed of Conveyance North Carolina
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Dawson v. Thruston 12 Va. 356 1808 0 Deed of emancipation SC of Appeals VA