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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Penn v. Whitehead 58 Va. 503 1867 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Walker v. Gatlin 12 Fla. 9 1867 0 Enforcement of a Slave Contract After Abolition Supreme Court of FL
Keith v. State 45 Tenn. 35 1867 0 Tennessee
Trabue & Lucus v. Higden 44 Tenn. 620 1867 0 Tennessee
Toomer v. Dickerson 37 Ga. 428 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Lefler v. Rowland 62 N.C. 143 1867 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Kirby v. Miller 44 Tenn. 3 1867 0 Tennessee
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Recovery for Hire of a Enslaved Person Alabama
Bates v. Vary 40 Ala. 421 1867 0 Final settlment dispute Alabama
Tabb's Curator v. Cabell 58 Va. 160 1867 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Farrell v. Patterson 43 Ill. 52 1867 0 Illinois
Gholson v. Blackman 44 Tenn. 580 1867 0 Tennessee
Sharp v. Bonner 36 Ga. 418 1867 0 Promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Modawell v. Holmes 40 Ala. 391 1867 0 Settlement of Guardianship Alabama
Elder v. Ogletree 36 Ga. 64 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. State 36 Ga. 424 1867 0 indictment for shooting an individual Georgia
Ex parte Edwards 11 Fla. 174 1867 0 Challenge of a Writ of Habeas Corpus Supreme Court of FL
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Supreme Court of Georgia
Curd v. Bonner 44 Tenn. 632 1867 0 Tennessee
Quarles v. Kerr 55 Va. 48 1867 0 Trusts SC of Appeals VA