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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Tompkins v. Philips 12 Ga. 52 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Harper v. Scott 12 Ga. 125 1852 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Sullivan v. Hugly 32 Ga. 316 1861 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. State ex rel. Saunders 15 Ga. 518 1854 0 Possessory warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Bradley v. Lowry 17 S.C. Eq. 1 1842 0 South Carolina
Mosely v. Hamilton 63 Tenn. 434 1874 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 Larceny North Carolina
Couch v. Jones 49 N.C. 402 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
State v. Anthony 29 N.C. 234 1847 0 Indictment for high-way robbery North Carolina
Burroughs v. McNeill 22 N.C. 297 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. Edmund 15 N.C. 340 1833 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Tom 13 N.C. 569 1830 0 Conspiracy to murder North Carolina
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad v. John 37 Tenn. 524 1858 0 Tennessee
Cooley v. Steele 39 Tenn. 605 1859 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Grigsby v. State 63 Tenn. 19 1874 0 Tennessee
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
DeBerry v. Hurt 66 Tenn. 390 1874 0 Tennessee