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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Hoke 21 N.C. 119 1835 0 Trusts North Carolina
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 Estate dispute United States
Hitchcock v. Lukens 8 Port. 333 1838 0 Recovery for damages for loss of enslaved person Alabama
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Ross v. Norvell 1 Va. 14 1791 0 Bill of Sale SC of Appeals VA
Corley v. Corley 42 Tenn. 520 1865 1 Tennessee
Bates v. Murphy 2 Stew. & P. 165 1832 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Harrison v. Harrison 5 Va. 419 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Fraud General Ct. of VA
Wesley v. State 37 Miss. 327 1859 0 Trial of enslaved man for the killing of his master Mississippi
Moore v. Mitchell 17 F. Cas. 692 1874 Will & trust United States
Pickering v. DeRochemont 45 N.H. 67 1863 0 Marriage property dispute New Hampshire
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 Wills & Estate General Ct. of VA
Adams v. Mizell 11 Ga. 106 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
State v. Rollins 8 N.H. 550 1837 0 Alleged kidnapping New Hampshire
Mortimer v. Moffatt 14 Va. 503 1810 0 Suit for an injunction SC of Chancery VA
Robinson v. Adams' Lessee 4 Dall. Append. XII 1788 0 Will transference of an enslaved woman to a man's son
Town of New Haven v. Town of Huntington 22 Conn. 25 1852 0 Connecticut
Bourcier v. Lanusse 3 Mart. (o.s.) 581 (1815) 1812 0 Sales, property, community property, renunciation, contracts, conflict of laws, Louisiana