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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Gregory v. Williams 24 Ark. 177 1866 0 Hire of enslaved person Arkansas
Zachary v. Cadenhead 40 Ala. 236 1866 0 Action against woman on sale dispute Alabama
Ex parte Millwee 24 Ark. 364 1866 0 Sale of enslaved persons and effect of Emancipation Arkansas
Butler’s Adm’r v. Hughes 35 Ga. 200 1866 0 Personal Property issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Hardin v. Pelan 41 Miss. 112 1866 0 Contract of a married woman providing for division of property Mississippi
Calhoun v. Burnett 40 Miss. 599 1866 0 Liability for improper disposition of slaves Mississippi
Barker v. Justice 41 Miss. 240 1866 0 Sale of a slave without certificate of condition Mississippi
Reynolds v. Nelson 41 Miss. 83 1866 0 Division and partition of land and slaves Mississippi
Garnett v. Kirkman 41 Miss. 94 1866 0 Trial regarding last will and testament providing for sale of slaves Mississippi
Montgomery Adm'r. v. Erwin 24 Ark. 540 1867 0 Trover for enslaved persons Arkansas
Vanderzee v. Vanderzee 36 N.Y. 231 1867 0 Will & Trust Court of Appeals of New York
Elliott v. Blair 45 Tenn. 185 1867 0 Tennessee
Horton v. Pool 40 Ala. 629 1867 0 Mortion for judgement on sale dispute Alabama
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Capers v. McCaa 41 Miss. 479 1867 0 Conversion of property gained through the sale of slaves Mississippi
Dickinson v. Jones 36 Ga. 97 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
City of Richmond v. Long's Adm'rs 58 Va. 375 1867 0 Action to recover value of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Horne v. State 37 Ga. 80 1867 0 Indictment of slaves for murder along with several others Supreme Court of Georgia
Hamilton v. Lockhart 41 Miss. 460 1867 0 Charge of fraud in conveyance of land and slaves Mississippi
Whatley v. Slaton 36 Ga. 653 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia