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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hampton v. Hampton 18 Ga. 513 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Perdue v. Ellis 18 Ga. 586 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. Buchan 16 Ga. 541 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Eckles v. Carter 26 Ala. 563 1855 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Curry v. Gaulden 17 Ga. 72 1855 0 Bond Supreme Court of Georgia
Knight v.Hardeman 17 Ga. 253 1855 0 Freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Buntyne v. Stone 19 Ga. 78 1855 0 Possessory Warrant Supreme Court of Georgia
Moran v. Davis 18 Ga. 722 1855 0 Recover of value lost after slave drowned Supreme Court of Georgia
McDougald v. Maddox 17 Ga. 52 1855 0 Will and executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Griswold v. Greer 18 Ga. 545 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Lightfoot v. Lightfoot's Executor 27 Ala. 351 1855 0 Trust & estate Alabama
Branan v. May 17 Ga. 136 1855 0 Obstruction action for injury Supreme Court of Georgia
Mobley v. Barnes 26 Ala. 718 1855 0 Trover Alabama
Abercrombie's Executor v. Abercrombie's Heirs 27 Ala. 489 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Frank v. State 27 Ala. 37 1855 0 Indictment against Enslaved Personsfor Murder of Another Enslaved Person Alabama
Nelson v. Bondurant 26 Ala. 341 1855 0 Trespass Alabama
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee