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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Wright v. McAlexander 11 Ala. 236 1847 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Pippin v. Huntington 9 Ala. 228 1846 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Allen v. Prater 35 Ala. 169 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Blackman v. Johnson 35 Ala. 252 1859 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Petty v. Gayle 25 Ala. 472 1854 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Stanley v. Nelson 28 Ala. 514 1856 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Supreme Court of Georgia
Jordan v. Roney 23 Ala. 758 1853 0 Contract Dispute for Enslaved Person Alabama
Hubbard v. Baker 48 Ala. 491 1872 0 Contract Dispute for Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Hire of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor 15 Johns. 283 1818 0 Contract dispute over infirm slave SC of New York
Murphy v. Barefield 27 Ala. 634 1855 0 Contract Dispute over Mortgage of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Weaver v. Lapsley 42 Ala. 601 1868 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Mauldin v. Mitchell 14 Ala. 814 1848 0 Contract Dispute over Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Gaulden v. Lawrence 33 Ga. 159 1862 0 contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Comas v. Reddish 35 Ga. 236 1866 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia