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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Miller v. Jourdan 43 Ga. 316 1871 0 Will and Executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Pate v. Baker 35 Va. 80 1837 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Browning v. Headley 41 Va. 340 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Stevens v. Bransford 33 Va. 246 1835 0 Writ of fieri facias SC of Appeals VA
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
Garland v. Rowan 10 Miss. 617 1844 0 Estate distrubtion dispute Mississippi
Jasper v. Howard 12 Ala. 652 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Venable v. Craig 44 Ga. 437 1871 0 Libel action Supreme Court of Georgia
Boring v. Williams 17 Ala. 510 1850 0 Alabama
Felder v. Harper 12 Ala. 612 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Dold's Trustee v. Geiger's Adm'r 43 Va. 98 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Arthur v. Chavis 27 Va. 142 1828 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
State v. Ransell 41 Conn. 433 1874 0 Failure to provide for family Connecticut
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Magruder v. Swann 25 Md. 173 1866 0 Maryland
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
McCoy v. McKowen 26 Miss. 487 1853 0 Trespass for the beating of an enslaved woman Mississippi