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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Probate dispute Arkansas
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Brown v. Wright 39 Ga. 96 1869 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Printup v. Fort 40 Ga. 276 1869 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Cross v. Payne 31 Ga. 342 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Barrow v. Bailey 5 Fla. 9 1853 0 Sale of 78 Slaves to Pay off Debt Supreme Court of FL
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Keithler v. State 18 Miss. 192 1848 0 Mississippi
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware
Hardwick v. Thomas 10 Ga. 266 1851 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
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
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lowe v. Brooks 23 Ga. 325 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Keaton v. McGwier 24 Ga. 217 1858 0 Equity action Georgia
Rushin v. Young 27 Ga. 325 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Flynt v. Hatchett 9 Ga. 328 1851 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia