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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Mulligan v. Bailey 28 Ga. 507 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Wellborn v. Rogers 24 Ga. 558 1858 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Scott v. Winship 20 Ga. 429 1856 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Jackson 32 Ga. 325 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Strong v. Middleton 51 Ga. 462 1874 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Trover for Conversion of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Elvira, a Slave 57 Va. 561 1865 0 Attempted Murder SC of Appeals VA
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Gregory's Administrator v. Marks's Administrator 22 Va. 355 1823 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bigelow v. Young 30 Ga. 121 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Ringgold v. Barley 5 Md. 186 1853 0 Maryland
Doyal v. Smith 28 Ga. 262 1859 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwin v. Morgan 1 Stew. 278 1828 0 Detinue for Eleven Enslaved Persons Alabama
Lark v. Linstead 2 Md. 420 1852 0 Maryland
Mathews v. Wade 2 W. Va. 464 1868 0 West Virginia
Morrow's adm'r v. Bailey 2 W. Va. 326 1867 0 West Virginia