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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Hardwick v. Thomas 10 Ga. 266 1851 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Graves 7 Miss. 9 1841 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Booker v. Booker 20 Ga. 777 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Kendrick v. Whitfield 20 Ga. 379 1856 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Pool v. Hodnett 18 Ala. 752 1851 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lowe v. Brooks 23 Ga. 325 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Keaton v. McGwier 24 Ga. 217 1858 0 Equity action Georgia
Rushin v. Young 27 Ga. 325 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Flynt v. Hatchett 9 Ga. 328 1851 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Lipscomb 9 Port. 472 1839 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Woods v. Ridley 27 Miss. 119 1854 0 Right of administrator to hire enslaved persons and rent land Mississippi
Cook v. Kennerly 12 Ala. 42 1847 0 Detinue Alabama
Mahone v. Howard 41 Ga. 98 1870 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Flanigin 5 Ala. 477 1843 0 Indictment for Murder of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Tuck v. Bowie 1 Md. 87 1851 0 Maryland
Dumas v. Pepper 43 Ga. 361 1871 0 Equity action Georgia
Snelling v. Darrell 17 Ga. 141 1855 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia