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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Potts v. House 6 Ga. 324 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Gaulden v. Lawrence 33 Ga. 159 1862 0 contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Roddy v. Cox 29 Ga. 298 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Mitchell v. Gillespie 25 Ga. 346 1858 0 Private Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 786 1856 0 Will and trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Woolfolk v. Beatly 18 Ga. 520 1855 0 injunction Supreme Court of Georgia
Pournell v. Harris 29 Ga. 736 1860 0 Will and Trust and Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Morris v. Stokes 21 Ga. 552 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Brooks v. Smith 21 Ga. 261 1857 0 Liable for work slave death Supreme Court of Georgia
Wyche v. Greene 26 Ga. 415 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Raines v. Perryman 29 Ga. 529 1859 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Wise v. State 24 Ga. 31 1858 0 Indictment for larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Justices of the Inferior Court v. Moreland 20 Ga. 145 1856 0 Title for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Flanders v. Flanders 23 Ga. 249 1857 0 Equity action for slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Williamson v. Nabers 14 Ga. 286 1853 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Harden v. Mangham 18 Ga. 563 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Cotten 5 Ga. 341 1848 0 Fraud, Will Supreme Court of Georgia
Mosely v. Gordon 16 Ga. 384 1854 0 Remedy for purchase of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Breach of warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Conveyance of slave Supreme Court of Georgia