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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Rogers v. Silas 42 Ga. 541 1871 0 slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Hemming v. Elliott 66 Md. 197 1886 0 Maryland
Shepherd v. Henderson 44 Va. 367 1846 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Jasper's administrators v. Tooly's executors 3 N.C. 351 1805 0 Action to recover slaves North Carolina
Lennard v. Boynton 11 Ga. 109 1852 0 Property action for death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Trieber v. Blocher 10 Md. 14 1856 0 Maryland
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Possessory Note Supreme Court of Georgia
O'Byrne v. Clagett 9 Md. 512 1856 0 Maryland
State v. Curzy 19 Ind. 430 1862 0 Indiana
Riley v. Watson 18 Ind. 291 1862 0 Indiana
Graves v. State 1 Ind. 368 1849 0 Indiana
Flack v. Cunningham 1 Blackf. 107 1820 0 Indiana
Hitt v. Rush 22 Ala. 563 1853 0 Dispute over will Alabama
State v. Lasselle 1 Blackf. 60 1820 0 Indiana
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Illinois
Roundtree v. Baker 52 Ill. 241 1869 0 Illinois
Howard v. Carpenter 11 Md. 259 1857 0 Maryland
Pinckard v. McCoy 22 Ga. 28 1857 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Miller v. Albritton 43 Ga. 273 1871 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnes v. Strohecker 17 Ga. 340 1855 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia