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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Walker v. Watson 32 Ga. 264 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Toomer v. Dickerson 37 Ga. 428 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 Highway Robbery United States
Burr v. Dunnahoo 1 D.C. 370 1806 0 Freedom Petition for unlawful importation and sale United States
State v. Murphy 9 Port. 487 1839 0 Indictment for selling liquor to enslaved person Alabama
Freeman v. Norwell 25 Ga. 359 1858 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Gates v. McManus 33 Ga. Supp. 67 1864 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Little v. McLendon 58 N.C. 216 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 Bill for injunction re judgment North Carolina
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
State v. Weaver 44 N.C. 9 1852 0 Indictment for taking and conveying a free man out of the State w/ the intent to sell him as a slave North Carolina
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Greene v. Lowry 46 Ga. 55 1872 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Williams v. Logan & Meara 32 Ga. 165 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia