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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
McCurdy v. Terry 33 Ga. 49 1861 0 Recovery for Covenant Supreme Court of Georgia
Middlebrook v. Nelson 34 Ga. 506 1866 0 Contract issue Supreme Court of Georgia
Wooten v. Calahan 32 Ga. 382 1861 0 False Representation Supreme Court of Georgia
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Will and Trust 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
Curry v. Curry 30 Ga. 253 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Nelson v. Biggers 6 Ga. 205 1849 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Fambro 30 Ga. 232 1860 0 Recovery for the death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lemon v. Wright 31 Ga. 317 1860 0 Action of conversion of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Sargent v. Caldwell 16 Ga. 64 1854 0 Slave contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Roberts v. Boylan 24 Ga. 40 1858 0 Personal Property Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Lewis 33 Ga. Supp. 61 1864 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Grady v. State 11 Ga. 253 1852 0 Freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Cleland v. Waters 16 Ga. 496 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Barksdale 23 Ga. 602 1857 0 Private Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Ellis v. Rachels 42 Ga. 175 1871 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Freeman v. Flood 16 Ga. 528 1854 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia