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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Adams v. McMichael 37 Ala. 432 1861 0 Detinue Alabama
Gimon v. Terrell 38 Ala. 208 1861 0 Trover Alabama
Denton's Guardians v. Denton's Executors 17 Md. 403 1861 0 Maryland
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wallace v. Spullock 32 Ga. 488 1861 0 Recovery for damage to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Floyd v. Wallace 31 Ga. 688 1861 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Sullivan v. Hugly 32 Ga. 316 1861 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Whidby v. Lewis 32 Ga. 472 1861 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
King v. Dunham 31 Ga. 743 1861 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Coker v. Pitts 37 Ala. 692 1861 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Janes ex rel. Vanover v. Horton 32 Ga. 245 1861 0 Property (slave) not delivered to plaintiff Supreme Court of Georgia
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Word v. Mitchell 32 Ga. 623 1861 0 Manumission of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Walker v. Watson 32 Ga. 264 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wooten v. Calahan 32 Ga. 382 1861 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Reed v. Ryburn 23 Ark. 47 1861 0 Administration of estate involving enslaved persons Arkansas
Ammons v. State 9 Fla. 530 1861 0 Indictment for "Sale of Whiskey to a Negro" in Alabama where there is a Dispute over Change of Venue and the Correct Emobdiment of the Transcript Supreme Court of FL
Rich v. Mobley 33 Ga. 85 1861 0 Marriage property action Supreme Court of Georgia
Kennedy & Cooksey v. Head 32 Ga. 629 1861 0 Levy and Claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Inheritance of enslaved persons Arkansas