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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Guerard 29 Ga 651 1860 0 Conveyance of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Mapp v. Thronson 9 Ga 42 1850 0 Levy and claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Nancy v. Wright 28 Tenn. 597 1848 0 Tennessee
Livingston v. Bain 10 Wend. 384 1833 0 Breach of contract SC of Judicature of New York
Simpson v. Mitchell 16 Tenn. 417 1835 0 Tennessee
Concklin v. Havens 12 Johns. 314 1815 0 Will & Trust SC of New York
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Illinois
Smith v. Wilson 17 Md. 460 1861 0 Maryland
Cecil v. Rose 17 Md. 92 1861 0 Maryland
McKee's Administrators v. McKee's Administrators 16 Md. 516 1861 0 Maryland
Maulden v. Thomas 9 Ga. 174 1850 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Owens v. People 13 Ill. 59 1851 0 Illinois
Machen v. Machen 15 Ala. 373 1849 0 Detinue Alabama
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Illinois
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Order of funeral payment for a former enslaved person by the descendant's of the deceased previous owner Delaware
Crawford v. Blackburn 19 Md. 40 1862 0 Maryland
Davis v. Smith 30 Ga. 263 1860 0 Equity Action, conveyance of property Supreme Court of Georgia
Hendricks v. Mitchell 37 Ga. 230 1867 0 Equity Action, Emancipation of slaves Georgia