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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Bell v. McCawley 29 Ga. 355 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Clements v. Glass 23 Ga. 395 1857 0 Action of trover supreme Court of Georgia
Bigby v. Powell 25 Ga. 244 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Carrier v. Hampton 33 N.C. 307 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Alston v. Grantham 26 Ga. 374 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
James v. Kerby 29 Ga. 684 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Fowler v. Waldrip 10 Ga. 350 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jennings v. Parker 24 Ga. 621 1858 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Mayor of Columbus v. Howard 6 Ga. 213 1849 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Walden v. McDonald 30 Ga. 542 1860 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Elligood v. Smith 1 Del. Cas. 35 1794 0 Action of triver for an enslaved woman; denied Delaware
McConnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151 1854 0 Action of trespass to personal property Arkansas
Davis v. Hunter 7 Ala. 135 1844 0 Action of trespass for killing a enslaved person Alabama