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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pitts v. McWhorter 3 Ga. 5 1847 0 Consideration for property purchased Georgia
Walker v. Walker 3 Ga. 302 1847 0 Equity Actions Supreme Court of Georgia
McDonand v. Sims 3 Ga. 383 1847 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Sneed v. Wiggins 3 Ga. 94 1847 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Brown v. Forbes 16 Miss. 498 1847 0 Trover for conversion of slave Mississippi
Wayne v. Myddleton 2 Ga. 383 1847 0 Deed for certain slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Nations v. Hawkins' Adm'rs. 11 Ala. 859 1847 0 Trover Alabama
State v. Anthony 29 N.C. 234 1847 0 Indictment for high-way robbery North Carolina
Fitzgerald v. Reed 17 Miss. 94 1847 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Weaver v. Puryear 11 Ala. 941 1847 0 Action to recover for breach of warranty Alabama
James v. Fisk 17 Miss. 144 1847 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Drinkwater v. Holliday 11 Ala. 134 1847 0 Action to secure payment Alabama
Dearing v. Windham 11 Ala. 204 1847 0 Mortgage dispute Alabama
Hindman v. Dill & Co. 11 Ala. 689 1847 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Williams v. Otey 8 Hum. 563 1847 0 Tennessee
Coles v. Anderson 8 Hum. 489 1847 0 Tennessee
Lewis v. James 8 Hum. 537 1847 0 Tennessee
Hall v. Rodgers 7 Hum. 536 1847 0 Tennessee
Buchanan v. Matlock 27 Tenn. 390 1847 0 Tennessee
Litton v. Baldwin 27 Tenn. 209 1847 0 Tennessee