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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Administrators of Ligon v. Rogers 12 Ga. 281 1852 0 Equity action Georgia
Echols v. Barrett 6 Ga. 443 1849 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Willingham v. Bentley 20 Ga. 783 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. Barnelly 23 Ga. 582 1857 0 Evidence received from slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Hill v. State 28 Ga. 604 1859 0 Murder case Supreme Court of Georgia
Glass v. Cook 30 Ga. 133 1860 0 Promissory Note for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Boon v. State 1 Ga. 631 1846 0 indictment for murder Georgia
Saul v. His Creditors 5 Mart. (n.s.) 569 1827 0 Louisiana
Adams v. Mizell 11 Ga. 106 1852 0 Trover Action Supreme Courr of Georgia
Whidby v. Lewis 32 Ga. 472 1861 0 Trespass Supreme Court of Georgia
Scudder v. Woodbridge 1 Ga. 195 1846 0 Recovery of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Floyd v. Wallace 31 Ga. 688 1861 0 Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Phillips v. State ex rel. Saunders 15 Ga. 518 1854 0 Possessory warranty Supreme Court of Georgia
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Williamson v. Williamson 57 Ky. 329 1857 0 North Carolina
Mosely v. Hamilton 63 Tenn. 434 1874 0 Tennessee
West v. Lanier 28 Tenn. 762 1849 0 Tennessee
State v. Henry 31 N.C. 463 1849 0 Burglary North Carolina