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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Black v. Thornton 31 Ga. 641 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Maddox v. Simmons & Griffin 31 Ga. 512 1860 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Scales v. Scales 59 N.C. 163 1860 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Virgin v. Dawson 15 La. Ann. 532 1860 0 Promissory Note, Sale of Enslaved Person Louisiana
Ranlett v. Constance 15 La. Ann. 423 1860 0 Remedies, fraud, property, consideration, Secured transactions, debt, Louisiana
Heath v. State 36 Ala. 273 1860 0 Indictment for Resisting Process Alabama
Water Lot Co. v. Leonard 30 Ga. 560 1860 0 Defects and material Supreme Court of Georgia
Joyner v. Conyers 59 N.C. 78 1860 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Denson v. Stewart 15 La. Ann. 456 1860 0 Debts, Sale of Enslaved Person Louisiana
Billups v. Riddick 53 N.C. 163 1860 0 Partition of slaves North Carolina
Williamson v. Williams 59 N.C. 62 1860 0 Bonds North Carolina
DeGraffenreid v. Green 41 Tenn. 109 1860 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Debnam 53 N.C. 127 1860 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Swift v. Swift 36 Ala. 147 1860 0 Whether a Contract by the Two Parties was a Mortgage Alabama
Kirk v. York 41 Tenn. 446 1860 0 Tennessee
Denson v. McLeroy 31 Ga. 536 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanderlin v. Robinson 59 N.C. 155 1860 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Doe on dem of Barnes v. Haybarger 53 N.C. 76 1860 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Munford v. State 39 Miss. 558 1860 0 Double jeopardy in enslaved man's muder of a white man Mississippi
Brantly v. Kee 58 N.C. 332 1860 0 Suit in equity North Carolina