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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Thornton v. Lane 11 Ga. 459 1852 1 Georgia
Womack v. Womack 8 Tex. 397 1852 0 Recovery of slave Texas
Terry v. Buffington 11 Ga. 337 1852 1 Georgia
Duncan v. Bryan 11 Ga. 63 1852 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Gilbert v. Hardwick 11 Ga. 599 1852 0 Recovery for purchase of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Wightman v. Karsner 20 Ala. 446 1852 1 Alabama
Stephen v. State 11 Ga. 225 1852 0 Georgia
Bailey v. Poole 35 N.C. 404 1852 1 North Carolina
State v. Thornton 35 N.C. 255 1852 1 North Carolina
Cook v. Weaver 12 Ga. 47 1852 0 Will and Trust Suprme Court of Georgia
Chilcott v. Trimble 13 Barb. 502 1852 1 New York
Young v. Colt 30 F. Cas. 841 1852 1 United States
Wailes v. Cooper 24 Miss. 208 1852 0 Defect in title Mississippi
Harvey v. Anderson 12 Ga. 69 1852 0 Caveat to will Supreme Court of Georgia
Arnett v. Arnett 14 Ark. 57 1852 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Gunn v. Brantley 21 Ala. 633 1852 1 Alabama
Weatherford v. Weatherford 20 Ala. 548 1852 1 Alabama
Adams v. Gardiner 52 Ky. 197 1852 0 Kentucky
McDade v. State 20 Ala. 81 1852 1 Alabama
Simpson v. Peck's Ex'rs 32 Tenn. 54 1852 0 Tennessee