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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Buchanan v. Lloyd 88 Md. 642 1898 0 Maryland
Spence v. Holman 30 Ga. 646 1860 0 Recovery of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Price v. Slaughter 1 Cin. Sup. Ct. Rep. 429 1871 0 Recovery of lands Ohio
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Edelen v. Middleton 9 Gill 161 1850 0 Maryland
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Boner v. Boner 6 W. Va. 377 1873 0 West Virginia
Massey v. Cole 29 Ala. 364 1856 0 Alleged Illegal Transportation of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Liable for work slave death Supreme Court of Georgia
Machem v. Machem 28 Ala. 374 1856 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
McEwen v. Troost 33 Tenn. 186 1853 0 Tennessee
Gunn v. Janes 40 Ga. 175 1869 0 Slave contact dispute Georgia
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Ransone v. Grist 40 Ga. 241 1869 0 Promissory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Sprigg v. Negro Marx 3 H. & J. 491 1814 0 0 Maryland
Ex parte Harrison 7 Ala. 736 1845 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Mapp v. Thompson 9 Ga. 42 1850 0 Levy and claim Georgia
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Eberlin v. Mayor of Mobile 30 Ala. 548 1857 0 Indictment for Doing Business with Enslaved Persons Alabama