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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Cannon v. Brame 45 Ala. 262 1871 0 Trover for conversion of a enslaved person Alabama
Overstreet v. Nunn's Executors 36 Ala. 649 1860 0 Trover for conversion Alabama
Camp v. Coleman 36 Ala. 163 1860 0 Trover for conversion Alabama
Reed v. Brashers 3 Port. 375 1836 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Marshall v. White 8 Port. 551 1839 0 Trover for a enslaved person Alabama
Daniel v. Roper 24 Ark. 131 1863 0 Trover by freed enslaved person Arkansas
Crum v. Williams 29 Ala. 446 1856 0 Trover by administrator for conversion Alabama
Evans v. Evans 2 Del. Cas. 203 1804 0 Trover action for one enslaved person to the proper heir but four other in this case Delaware
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hansell v. Bryan 19 Ga. 167 1855 0 Trover Action Suprem Court of Georgia
Foster ex rel. Tompkins v. Whitaker 12 Ga. 57 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Dickson 23 Ga. 406 1857 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Kershaw 1 Ga. 259 1846 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Bonner v. Andrews 30 Ga. 287 1860 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Mizell 11 Ga. 106 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
Harrell v. Green 18 Ga. 711 1855 0 Trover Action Supreme Cour
South-western Railroad v. Pickett 36 Ga. 85 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
Howard v. Snelling 32 Ga. 195 1861 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Maulden v. Thomas 9 Ga. 174 1850 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Culpepper 93 Ga 569 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia