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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Sparks 36 Ga. 445 1867 0 Possessory Warrant 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
Wharton v. State 45 Tenn. 1 1867 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Townshend 27 Md. 368 1867 0 Maryland
Bethea's Executor v. Smith 40 Ala. 415 1867 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Moreland v. Hunley 37 Ga. 342 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scranton v. Conlie 29 Tex. 237 1867 0 Texas
Gholson v. Blackman 44 Tenn. 580 1867 0 Tennessee
Whatley v. Slaton 36 Ga. 653 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bedford v. Williams 45 Tenn. 202 1867 0 Tennessee
Berry v. Blankenship 30 Tex. 380 1867 0 Texas
Finis v. Cannon 44 Tenn. 121 1867 0 Tennessee
Lefler v. Rowland 62 N.C. 143 1867 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Penland 61 N.C. 222 1867 0 Murder North Carolina
Tabb's Curator v. Cabell 58 Va. 160 1867 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Tate v. Fletcher 19 La. Ann. 371 1867 0 Contracts, Property, Abolition Louisiana
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
March v. Phelps 61 N.C. 560 1868 0 Bill of sale North Carolina
Shaw v. Brown 42 Miss. 309 1868 0 Proving emancipation of enslaved people carried out of state by emancipation Mississippi