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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mills v. Glover 22 Ga. 319 1857 0 Possessory warrant Supreme Court of Georgia
Hester v. Young 2 Ga. 31 1847 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilliam v. Love 30 Ga. 864 1860 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Thurmond v. Reese 3 Ga. 449 1847 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Burney v. Ball 24 Ga. 505 1858 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Burton v. Black 32 Ga. 53 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Worthy v. Johnson 10 Ga. 358 1851 0 Unauthorized sale of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. State 17 Ga. 439 1855 0 Indictment for receiving material from slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Hollifield v. Stell 17 Ga. 280 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Creditors of Spicer v. Spicer 21 Ga. 200 1857 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Carleton & Co. v. Banks 7 Ala. 32 1844 0 Dispute over Deed of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Reinhart v. Miller 22 Ga. 402 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Akin 38 Ga. 320 1868 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Hambrick v. Crawford 53 Ga. 352 1874 0 Vacated order becuase of illegality Supreme Court of Georgia
Sale v. Saunders 24 Miss. 24 1852 0 Right to possession of enslaved person Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Wrongful detainment Massachusetts
Ann v. State 30 Tenn. 159 1850 0 Tennessee
Case v. McGee 8 Md. 9 1855 0 Maryland
Brown v. Rowles 21 Md. 11 1864 0 Maryland
Ables v. Donley 8 Tex. 331 1852 0 Warranty on slave dispute Texas