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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. Adams 36 Ga. 236 1867 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Bennett 55 Ga. 189 1875 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Coon v. Rice 29 N.C. 217 1847 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
State v. Miller 29 N.C. 275 1847 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Goodson v. Whitfield 40 N.C. 163 1847 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Smith v. Penn 63 Va. 402 1872 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA
Bennehan's Ex'or v. Norwood 40 N.C. 106 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Galt v. Jackson 9 Ga. 151 1850 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Donnell v. Shields 30 N.C. 371 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pool v. Williams 30 N.C. 286 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Plummer v. Brandon 40 N.C. 190 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 218 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Whitfield v. Hurst 31 N.C. 170 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Duffy v. Murrill 31 N.C. 46 1848 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
McGuire v. Evans 40 N.C. 269 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Minor v. Clark 43 Ga. 428 1871 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia