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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Butler v. Rutledge 42 Tenn. 4 1865 0 Tennessee
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Ketchum v. Dew 47 Tenn. 532 1870 0 Tennessee
Charles v. State 3 Port. 440 1836 0 Alabama
South-Western Railroad v. Paulk 24 Ga. 356 1858 0 Georgia
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
Terrell v. Bennet 18 Ga. 404 1855 0 Deceit trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Spivey v. Platon 29 Ark. 603 1874 0 Debt for sale of enslaved persons Arkansas
Ex parte Howard 30 Ala. 43 1857 0 Indictment for homicide of enslaved person Alabama
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
McGinnis v. McGinnis 1 Ga. 496 1846 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Shine v. Redwine 30 Ga. 780 1860 0 Legal contractual dispute over slaves Suprem Court of Georgia
McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co. 5 Ga. 555 1848 0 Conveyance of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Barrett 5 Ga. 404 1848 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Stephenson v. State 40 Ga. 291 1869 0 Concealment of armed weapon Supreme Court of Georgia
Coyle v. Campbell 10 Ga. 570 1851 0 Slave debt Georgia
Clifford v. State 10 Ga. 422 1851 0 Larceny, Stealing a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bass v. Freeman 36 Ga. 435 1867 0 Emancipation of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia