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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Williams v. Logan & Meara 32 Ga. 165 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Manuel 40 Va. 639 1843 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. McComb 38 N.C. 450 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Williams v. McConico 36 Ala. 22 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
Williams v. Moore 17 Va. 310 1812 0 Sale of slaves SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Moseley ex rel. Smith 2 Fla. 304 1848 0 Dispute over Ownership of Propery at time of the Testator's Death Supreme Court of FL
Williams v. Mosher 6 Gill 454 1848 0 Maryland
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Rost 13 La. Ann. 327 1858 0 Redhibition, recovery of price paid for enslaved person Louisiana
Williams v. Smith 57 N.C. 254 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Williams v. Springfield 15 La. Ann. 535 1860 0 Property, Estates, Marriage, Louisiana
Williams v. Talbot 12 La. Ann. 407 1857 0 Redhibition, sale of enslaved person, damages Louisiana
Williams v. Walton 16 Tenn. 387 1835 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Williams 43 Miss. 430 1871 0 Division of an estate Mississippi
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Wilson 32 N.C. 482 1849 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
William v. Kelly 5 H. & J. 59 1820 0 Maryland
William v. Reynolds 14 Md. 109 1859 0 Maryland
William v. State 39 Ala. 532 1865 0 Indictment for murder Alabama
William v. State 18 Ga. 356 1855 0 Slave indictment for killing another slave Supreme Court of Georgia