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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Rawlings v. State 2 Md. 201 1852 0 Maryland
Northern Central Co. v. Scholl 16 Md. 331 1860 0 Maryland
Pensacola & Georgia Railroad v. Nash 12 Fla. 497 1868 0 Liability for the Injury of a Slave for Hire Supreme Court of FL
Cain v. Bunkley 35 Miss. 119 1858 0 Power of a wife to make a will Mississippi
Merrick v. Bradley 19 Md. 50 1862 0 Maryland
Alexander v. Alexander 8 Ala. 796 1845 0 Guardian of Insane Persons, Dissolution of Marriage Alabama
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Action of trespass to personal property Arkansas
Smith v. Croom 7 Fla. 81 1857 0 Establishing Domicile in the State of FL Supreme Court of FL
Moss v. Sandefur 15 Ark. 381 1854 0 Probate dispute Arkansas
Ex parte Robins 15 Ark. 402 1855 0 Petitioner seeked right to bail out his enslaved person Arkansas
Brown v. Wright 39 Ga. 96 1869 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Fears v. Lynch 28 Ga. 249 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Printup v. Fort 40 Ga. 276 1869 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bellamy v. Bellamy 4 Fla. 242 1851 0 Deed of Conveyance for the Profits and Issues of Property Supreme Court of FL
Cross v. Payne 31 Ga. 342 1860 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Barrow v. Bailey 5 Fla. 9 1853 0 Sale of 78 Slaves to Pay off Debt Supreme Court of FL
In re Booth 3 Wis. 157 1854 0 Wisconsin
Keithler v. State 18 Miss. 192 1848 0 Mississippi
Elliott v. Twilley 5 Del. 192 1849 0 Petition for freedom since granted a term not "for life" Delaware