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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▼
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia
Ross v. Hawkins 29 Ga. 261 1859 0 Equity action Georgia
Doe v. Roe 30 Ga. 961 1860 0 ejectment attempt Georgia
Administrators of Ligon v. Rogers 12 Ga. 281 1852 0 Equity action Georgia
Boon v. State 1 Ga. 631 1846 0 indictment for murder Georgia
Lynch v. Pressley 8 Ga. 327 1850 0 Levy and claim Georgia
Brown v. Beckner 56 Ga. App. 662 1937 1 Georgia
Hallman v. Atlanta Child's Home 161 Ga. 247 1925 1 Georgia
Grubbs v. Wooten 189 Ga. 390 1939 1 Georgia
Brown v. Wilcox 147 Ga. 546 1918 0 Slaves levied as property to satisfy an unpaid debt Georgia
Harison v. Jones 82 Ga. 599 1889 1 Georgia
Barham v. McKneely 89 Ga. 812 1892 1 Georgia
Coleman v. Freeman 3 Ga. 137 1847 1 Georgia
Thomas v. Bagley & Co. 119 Ga. 778 1904 1 Georgia
Shropshire v. Rainey 150 Ga. 566 1920 1 Georgia
MacDougall v. National Bank 150 Ga. 579 1920 1 Georgia
Georgia Peruvian Ochre Co. v. Cherokee Ochre Co. 152 Ga. 150 1921 1 Georgia
Wimberly v. Ross 152 Ga. 258 1921 1 Georgia
Cochran v. Groover 156 Ga. 323 1923 1 Georgia
Mathis v. Johnson 157 Ga. 473 1924 1 Georgia