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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
United States v. Rhodes 1 D.C. 447 1807 0 Witnesses/Evidence United States
Robinson's administrators v. Devone 3 N.C. 154 1801 0 Action to recover a slave North Carolina
Curry v. Curry 30 Ga. 253 1860 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Nelson v. Biggers 6 Ga. 205 1849 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Looper v. Bell 38 Tenn. 373 1858 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Fambro 30 Ga. 232 1860 0 Recovery for the death of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Arendale v. Samuel D. Morgan & Co. 37 Tenn. 703 1857 0 Tennessee
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Bass v. Ware 34 Ga. 386 1866 0 freedom suit Supreme Court of Georgia
Hunter v. Bass 18 Ga. 127 1855 0 Will and Trust supreme Court of Georgia
Stevens v. Bransford 33 Va. 246 1835 0 Writ of fieri facias SC of Appeals VA
Young v. Carson 18 N.C. 360 1835 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Worth v. M'Aden 21 N.C. 199 1835 0 Sales North Carolina
Ward v. State 37 Ala. 158 1861 0 Indictment for Gaming with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Lemon v. Wright 31 Ga. 317 1860 0 Action of conversion of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Sargent v. Caldwell 16 Ga. 64 1854 0 Slave contract Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanders v. Ward 25 Ga. 109 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia