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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lamb v. Trogden 22 N.C. 190 1838 0 Accounts North Carolina
Bridges v. Tunnel 2 Del. Cas. 451 1818 0 Action against a man over whether he knowingly sold a woman to a man who would export her Delaware
Intendant of Livingston v. Pippin 31 Ala. 542 1858 0 Action against corporation for breach of contract Alabama
Haynes v. Crutchfield 7 Ala. 189 1844 0 Action against person for detention of a enslaved person Alabama
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Crimm's Adm'rs v. Crawford 29 Ala. 623 1857 0 Action by adminstrator for recovery of enslaved persons Alabama
Atwood’s Heirs v. Beck 21 Ala. 590 1852 0 Action by Heirs to Obtain Enslaved Persons from Executors of Estate Alabama
Sloan v. Williford 25 N.C. 307 1843 0 Action for a breach of warranty North Carolina
Bell’s Adm’r v. Troy 35 Ala. 184 1859 0 Action for Arson Committed by Defendant's Enslaved Person Alabama
Clayton v. Brown 30 Ga. 490 1860 0 Action for a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Beach 2 Kirby 20 1787 0 Action for assault Connecticut
Anthony v. State 1 Mor. St. Cas. 467 1872 0 Action for assault committed by a slave Mississippi
Kirk v. Suttle 6 Ala. 679 1844 0 Action for carrying away property Alabama
Kelly v. McCaw 29 Ala. 227 1856 0 Action for damages Alabama
Daniel v. Guy 19 Ark. 121 1857 0 Action for freedom Arkansas
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts