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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cain v. Busby 30 Ga. 714 1860 0 trover action Supreme Court of Georgia
Twidy v. Saunderson 31 N.C. 5 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Leslie v. Langham's Executors 40 Ala. 524 1867 0 Recovery for Hire of a Enslaved Person Alabama
Alexander v. Alexander 41 N.C. 229 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Miller v. Hoyle 41 N.C. 269 1849 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Snodgrass v. Cabiness 15 Ala. 160 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Mason v. Deese 30 Ga. 308 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Cook v. Cook 12 Ark. 381 1851 0 Dower dispute Arkansas
Austin v. State 14 Ark. 555 1854 0 Confession of murder - dispute Arkansas
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
John v. State 2 Ala. 290 1841 0 Alabama
Lockhart v. Bell 41 N.C. 398 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Price v. Wilkinson's Ex'rs 10 Ala. 172 1846 0 Will & trust Alabama
Merriwether v. Eames 17 Ala. 330 1850 0 Detinue Alabama
Montgomery v. Morris 32 Ga. 173 1861 0 Fraud Supreme Court of Georgia
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Nelson v. Nelson 41 N.C. 409 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Maxwell v. Miller 33 N.C. 272 1850 0 Action on a covenant North Carolina
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia