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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Brooks v. Ashburn 9 Ga. 297 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Cox v. State 32 Ga. 515 1861 0 action for murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Pascal v. Jones 41 Ga. 220 1870 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Jasper v. Howard 12 Ala. 652 1847 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Jenkins v. Picket 17 Tenn. 480 1836 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Baker 1 Ga. 595 1846 0 Valid Gift Supreme Court of Georgia
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Wright v. Zeigler 1 Ga. 324 1846 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Hargroves v. Redd 43 Ga. 142 1871 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Bond v. Baldwin 9 Ga. 9 1850 0 Property Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Ewing v. Sanford 19 Ala. 605 1851 0 Alleged Theft of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Graybill v. Warren 4 Ga. 528 1848 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Berry v. State 10 Ga. 511 1851 0 Larceny Supreme Court of Georgia
Darden v. Maget 18 N.C. 498 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Clark v. Beall 39 Ga. 533 1869 0 Equity action Supreme Court of Georgia
Mayor of Columbus v. Howard 6 Ga. 213 1849 0 action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Maddox v. Simmons & Griffin 31 Ga. 512 1860 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Horn v. Ross & Leitch 20 Ga. 210 1856 0 Dispute over value of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Frazer's Adm'r v. Bevill 52 Va. 9 1854 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA