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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Slaback v. Cushman 12 Fla. 472 1868 0 Recovery for Services of a Slave After Abolition Supreme Court of FL
State v. Emmons 2 N.J.L. 11 1806 Recovery for freedom New Jersey
Foster v. Sykes 23 Ala. 796 1853 0 Recovery for an Enslaved Person's Medical Services Alabama
Gray v. Belden 3 Fla. 110 1850 0 Recovery for a Forfeitted Contract Supreme Court of FL
Harrell v. Harrell 8 Fla. 46 1858 0 Property Rights in Slaves for a Widow Supreme Court of FL
Price v. Sanchez 8 Fla. 136 1858 0 Property Rights in a Slave to a Married Women Supreme Court of FL
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Property Tennessee
Cholett v. Hart 2 S.C.L. 156 1798 0 Property South Carolina
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Harrell v. Durrance 9 Fla. 490 1861 0 Promissory Note for the Purchase of Property Supreme Court of FL
Sartor v. Sartor 39 Miss. 760 1861 0 Petition to contest a will, including division of slaves Mississippi
Guilford v. Hicks 36 Ala. 95 1860 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus for a Person held Enenslaved persond Alabama
State ex rel. Dawson 39 Ala. 367 1864 0 Petition for Habeas Corpus Alabama
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
June v. Myers 12 Fla. 310 1868 0 Ownership of Slaves in Defendant's Possession Supreme Court of FL
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Ownership Dispute Based on Gift Alabama
Acker v. Bender 33 Ala. 230 1858 0 Owership Dispute over Mortgaging an Enslaved Person Alabama
Commonwealth v. Stephen 31 Va. 679 1833 0 Murder General Ct. of VA
Lott v. Meacham 4 Fla. 144 1851 0 Marital Rights to the Recovery of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Fillyau v. Laverty 3 Fla. 72 1850 0 Marital Responsabilities to Partnership Debts Supreme Court of FL