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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Drake v. Bains 53 N.C. 122 1860 0 Sales North Carolina
Freshwater v. Baker 52 N.C. 404 1860 0 Action for the detention of a slave North Carolina
Cato v. State 9 Fla. 163 1860 0 Indictment of a Slave Charged with Rape Supreme Court of FL
Shine v. Redwine 30 Ga. 780 1860 0 Legal contractual dispute over slaves Suprem Court of Georgia
Claytor v. Anthony 56 Va. 518 1860 0 ? SC of Appeals VA
Hines v. Perry 25 Tex. 443 1860 0 Texas
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 19 1860 0 Rape North Carolina
Mason v. Sadler 59 N.C. 148 1860 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pournell v. Harris 29 Ga. 736 1860 0 Will and Trust and Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Odom v. Bryan 53 N.C. 211 1860 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cornish v. Keesee 21 Ark. 528 1860 0 Dispute over ownership of enslaved person Arkansas
Oglesby v. Oglesby 30 Ga. 348 1860 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Pitts v. Thrower 30 Ga. 212 1860 0 Recovery for interest in slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Lloyd v. Rambo 35 Ala. 709 1860 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Lane v. Burdick 53 N.C. 248 1860 0 Contracts North Carolina
Hall v. Chapman’s Adm’rs 35 Ala. 553 1860 0 Detinue Alabama
State v. Sam 53 N.C. 150 1860 0 Murder North Carolina
Wilder v. Ireland 53 N.C. 85 1860 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Newnan v. Miller 52 N.C. 516 1860 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Savage v. Williams 15 La. Ann. 250 1860 0 Wills, property Louisiana