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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Hunter v. Talbot 11 Miss. 754 1844 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Danzey v. Smith 4 Tex. 206 1849 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Bullit v. Thatcher 6 Miss. 689 1841 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Bailey v. Hicks 16 Tex. 222 1856 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Glidewell v. Hite 6 Miss. 110 1840 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
Planters' Bank of Tennessee v. Conger 20 Miss. 527 1849 0 Creditor dispute Mississippi
McClenny v. Floyd's Adm'r 10 Tex. 159 1853 0 Creditor dispute Texas
Dodd v. McCraw 8 Ark. 83 1847 0 Creditor dispute Arkansas
Vasser v. Henderson 40 Miss. 519 1866 0 Creditor collection on debts owed for purchase of slaves Mississippi
Thornton v. State 25 Ga. 301 1858 0 Coviction of murder Supreme Court of Georgia
Guion v. Doherty 43 Miss. 538 1871 0 Coverture Mississippi
Aven v. Beckom 11 Ga. 1 1852 0 Covenant action Supreme Court of Georgia
Childress v. M'Cullough 5 Port. 54 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Perry v. Hewlett 5 Port. 318 1837 0 Covenant Alabama
Martin v. White 1 Stew. 473 1828 0 Covenant Alabama
Salle v. Light's Exr's 4 Ala. 700 1843 0 Covenant Alabama
Archer v. Hart 5 Fla. 234 1853 0 Court Granted Status of Freedom Supreme Court of FL
Churchill & Thibaut, Inc. v. Thibaut No. CIV.A. 86-4225, 1987 WL 18157, at *6 (E.D. La. Sept. 28, 1987) 1987 1 corporate liability Louisiana
Johnson v. Kansas City S. 224 F.R.D. 382 2004 1 corporate United States
Reynolds v. State 3 Ga. 53 1847 0 Convicton for voluntary manslaughter Supreme Court of Georgia