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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mayor of Columbus v. Goetchius 7 Ga. 139 1849 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 action to recover balance due Supreme Court of Georgia
Fain v. Cornett 25 Ga. 184 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Tharp v. Anderson 31 Ga. 293 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of georgia
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Toomer v. Dickerson 37 Ga. 428 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Gates v. McManus 33 Ga. Supp. 67 1864 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibson v. Love 4 Fla. 217 1851 0 Use of Slaves as Security for Payment Supreme Court of FL
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hughes v. Garrett 8 Ala. 483 1845 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Bryan v. Hickson 40 Ga. 405 1869 0 Equity action Georgia
Newsome v. Cogburn 30 Ga. 291 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Oliver v. Persons 30 Ga. 391 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Perdue v. Ellis 18 Ga. 586 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Roby v. Boswell 23 Ga. 51 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Graham v. Lambert 24 Tenn. 595 1845 0 Tennessee