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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
McWillie v. Martin 25 Ark. 556 1869 0 Challenge to executor actions that included sale of "a negro woman" Arkansas
Lassiter v. Wood 63 N.C. 360 1869 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Davis v. Bagley 40 Ga. 181 1869 0 claim and levy Supreme Court of Georgia
Cowan v. Anderson 47 Tenn. 284 1869 0 Tennessee
Moody v. State 46 Tenn. 299 1869 0 Tennessee
Moon v. Stone's Ex'or 60 Va. 130 1869 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Crawford v. Cantrell 40 Ga. 284 1869 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Milly v. Harrison 47 Tenn. 191 1869 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Bibb 43 Ala. 666 1869 0 Testator dispute Alabama
Brazelton v. Turney 47 Tenn. 267 1869 0 Tennessee
Green v. Brooks 25 Ark. 318 1869 0 Appropriation of estate including enslaved person Arkansas
Buie v. Parker 63 N.C. 131 1869 0 Parol gifts ? North Carolina
Wooten v. Wilkins 39 Ga. 223 1869 0 Dying declaration - wills appeal Supreme Court of Georgia
Capehart v. Etheridge 63 N.C. 353 1869 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Dumas v. Robinson 40 Ga. 349 1869 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Harrell v. Watson 63 N.C. 454 1869 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
Gamble v. Knott & Hollingsworth 40 Ga. 199 1869 0 Contract reform Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibbon v. Gibbon 40 Ga. 562 1869 0 Construction of will Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Hickson 40 Ga. 405 1869 0 Equity action Georgia