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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
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
Nations v. Alvis ex rel. Alvis 13 Miss. 338 1845 0 Recovery for posession of slave Mississippi
Poythress v. Poythress 16 Ga. 406 1854 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of georgia
Parkinson v. State 14 Md. 184 1859 0 Maryland
Beall v. Blake 16 Ga. 119 1854 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilson v. Waples 3 Del. 270 1840 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Toulmin v. Buchanan's Executors 1 Stew. 67 1827 0 Trover Alabama
Harris v. Harris 42 N.C. 111 1850 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Fuqua v. Hunt 1 Ala. 197 1840 0 Detinue Alabama
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Allen v. Matthews 7 Ga. 149 1849 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Tarry v. Brown 34 Ala. 159 1859 0 Trespass Alabama
Tobin v. Jenkins 29 Ark. 151 1874 0 Challenge to will Arkansas
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Role of Agency in Contract Negotiation Alabama
Green, Tracy & Co. v. Ingram 16 Ga. 164 1854 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Commonwealth v. Griffith 19 Mass. 11 1823 0 False imprisonment Massachusetts
Lemmon v. People 20 N.Y. 562 1859 0 Recovery for slaves Court of Appeals of New York
State v. Harris 63 N.C. 1 1868 0 Murder North Carolina
Caldwell v. Pickens' Adm'r 39 Ala. 514 1864 0 Recovery for Enslaved Persons Alabama