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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Penn v. Reynolds 64 Va. 518 1873 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Johnson 48 Miss. 413 1873 0 Right to employ agents to manage labor post-abolition Mississippi
Odom v. Owen 61 Tenn. 446 1873 0 Tennessee
Davis v. Bawcum 57 Tenn. 406 1873 0 Tennessee
Pettis v. Smith 69 N.C. 3 1873 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Willis v. Willis 62 Tenn. 183 1873 0 Tennessee
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Frazer v. Hightower 59 Tenn. 94 1873 0 Tennessee
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Saxon v. Ames 47 Miss. 565 1873 0 Inequality in the division of slaves in an estate Mississippi
Prescott v. Bennett 50 Ga. 266 1873 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Blount v. State 49 Ala. 381 1873 0 Indictment for assault Alabama
Walker v. Sharpe 68 N.C. 363 1873 0 Trusts North Carolina
Gray v. Hodge 50 Ga. 262 1873 0 promissory note Supreme Court of Georgia
Malady v. Malady 25 La. Ann. 448 1873 0 Louisiana
Polphill v. Neal 50 Ga 146 1873 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Ott v. Smith 62 Tenn. 135 1873 0 Tennessee
Masson v. Anderson 62 Tenn. 290 1873 0 Tennessee
Porter v. Burton 57 Tenn. 584 1873 0 Tennessee
Rucks v. Taylor 49 Miss. 552 1873 0 Sureties in a sale of slaves Mississippi