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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Bass v. Ware 34 Ga. 386 1866 0 freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Cobb v. State 27 Ga. 648 1859 0 indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Fambro 30 Ga. 232 1860 0 Recovery for the death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Nelson v. Biggers 6 Ga. 205 1849 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Spence v. Holman 30 Ga. 646 1860 0 Recovery of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Horne v. State 37 Ga. 80 1867 0 Indictment of slaves for murder along with several others Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Kelsey & Halsted 6 Ga. 365 1849 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
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
Neal v. Pattern 47 Ga 73 1872 0 Property sale Supreme Court of Georgia
Mallery v. Dudley 84 Ga 52 1848 0 Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Conveyance of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Culpepper 93 Ga 569 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Curry v. Curry 30 Ga. 253 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bates v. Woolfolk 85 Ga 329 1848 0 Trover acion Supreme Court of Georgia
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia