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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cain v. Busby 30 Ga. 714 1860 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Recovery for Hire of a Enslaved Person Alabama
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
M'Coy v. Moss 5 Port. 88 1837 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Barlow v. Lambert 28 Ala. 704 1856 0 Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Spence v. Holman 30 Ga. 646 1860 0 Recovery of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Tillman v. Chadwick 37 Ala. 317 1861 0 Trespass Alabama
Murphy v. Partee 66 Tenn. 373 1874 0 Tennessee
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Dickinson v. Dickinson's Adm'r 43 Va. 493 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Troup v. Hart 66 Tenn. 188 1874 0 Tennessee
Cockrell v. Warner 14 Ark. 345 1854 0 General property liability dispute Arkansas
Adcock v. Patton 61 Tenn. 436 1873 0 Tennessee
Worthy v. Patterson 20 Ala. 172 1852 0 False Warranty of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Davidson v. Shipman 6 Ala. 27 1844 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Right of Property Alabama