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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1013 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, N.D. New York
Charge to Grand Jury—Fugitive Slave Law 30 F. Cas. 1007 1851 0 Charge to Grand Jury - Fugutive Slave Law Circuit Court, S.D. New York
Rixey v. Justices of Fauquier 30 Va. 811 1831 0 Charging taxes for keeping people who were suing for their freedom ?? General Ct of VA
Dillon v. Bennett 22 Miss. 171 1850 0 Chattel mortgages after sale of property, including enslaved persons Mississippi
Walsh v. Lallande 25 La. Ann. 188 1873 0 Citizenship/Property Louisiana
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Civil Kentucky
Chase v. Maberry 3 Del. 266 1840 0 Civil trial for damages on releasing an enslaved person on the run Delaware
Davis v. Bagley 40 Ga. 181 1869 0 claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Hammond v. Myrick 14 Ga. 77 1853 0 claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Black v. Lewis 30 Ga. 958 1860 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitaker v. Strong 16 Ga. 81 1854 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Hodges v. Holiday 29 Ga. 696 1860 0 Claim and levy Georgia
Marshall v. Morris 13 Ga. 185 1853 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Beers v. Dawson 8 Ga. 556 1850 0 Claim and Levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Wood v. Stephen 1 Serg. & Rawle 175 1814 0 Claim for freedom SC of PA.
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Claim for services rendered SC of PA.
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Branch Bank at Montgomery v. Wilkins 7 Ala. 589 1845 0 Claim of Property for an Enslaved Person who was Levied Alabama