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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 777 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Kendrick v. Whitfield 20 Ga. 379 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Roberts v. Prior 20 Ga. 561 1856 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Mangham v. Cox & Waring 29 Ala. 81 1856 0 Recovery for Value of a Lost Enslaved Person Alabama
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. Thomas 31 Miss. 557 1856 0 Detinue for recovery of enslaved woman Mississippi
Stokes v. Winslow 31 Miss. 518 1856 0 Action on bill of exchange payable to bearer Mississippi
Garland v. Stewart 31 Miss. 314 1856 0 Who is responsible for purchase price of enslaved woman who was "unsound" Mississippi
Van Vacter v. M'Willie 31 Miss. 563 1856 0 Right to posession of trust estate Mississippi
Crook v. Garrett 20 Ga. 664 1856 0 Recission of Contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. State 31 Miss. 473 1856 0 Indictment for the cruel or unusual punishment of enslaved man Mississippi
Burton v. Holley 29 Ala. 318 1856 0 Wrongful Taking of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Clark v. Hull 31 Miss. 520 1856 0 Recovery of slaves Mississippi
Parker v. Stovall 31 Miss. 446 1856 0 Recovery of slave levied upon Mississippi
Long v. Wright 48 N.C. 290 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Patton v. Hamner 28 Ala. 618 1856 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Fearn v. Shirley 31 Miss. 301 1856 0 Rights of feme coverts who are infants in property Mississippi
Cheek v. Wheatley 35 Tenn. 484 1856 0 Tennessee
Reid v. State 20 Ga. 681 1856 0 Larceny of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia