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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vason v. Bell 53 Ga. 416 1874 0 Equity Action and Will dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Edwards v. Thompson 71 N.C. 177 1874 0 Action to recover land and damages North Carolina
Watson v. Blackwood 50 Miss. 15 1874 0 Whether an enslaved man given as a gift should be factored in to sale of estate Mississippi
Burns v. Parks 53 Ga. 61 1874 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
McDuff v. Beauchamp 50 Miss. 531 1874 0 Whether property is estate in entirety Mississippi
Wright's Heirs v. Ware 50 Ala. 549 1874 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Smith v. Thomas 67 Tenn. 417 1874 0 Tennessee
Haden v. Ivey 51 Ala. 381 1874 0 Validity of marriage between freeman of color and woman of "mixed blood" Alabama
Raines v. Raines's Executors 51 Ala. 237 1874 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Bozeman v. Rose's Executors 51 Ala. 321 1874 0 Action for breach of contract Alabama
Powell v. Young 51 Ala. 518 1874 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Fail's Administrator v. Presley's Administrator 50 Ala. 342 1874 0 Trespass for killing enslaved person Alabama
Tudor v. James 53 Ga. 302 1874 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. State 51 Ga. 402 1874 0 Assault with intent to murder Georgia
Mounger v. Duke 53 Ga. 277 1874 0 Trust and Estoppel Supreme Court of Georgia
Ferris v. Eichbaum 63 Tenn. 70 1874 0 Tennessee
Bell v. Lawrence's Administrator 51 Ala. 160 1874 0 Recission of contract Alabama
Cooper v. State 67 Tenn. 324 1874 0 Tennessee
Brown v. State 51 Ga. 502 1874 0 evidence newly discovered Supreme Court of Georgia
DeBerry v. Hurt 66 Tenn. 390 1874 0 Tennessee