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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lawson v. Cunningham 21 Ga. 454 1857 0 Want of equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Henderson v. Touchstone 22 Ga. 1 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Dorsett v. Frith 21 Ga. 245 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnes v. Strohecker 17 Ga. 340 1855 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnes v. Syester 14 Md. 507 1859 0 Maryland
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Prescott v. Bennett 50 Ga. 266 1873 0 Slave debt Supreme Court of Georgia
Cecil v. Rose 14 Md. 64 1859 0 Maryland
Wooten v. Smith 27 Ga. 216 1859 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Gibson v. Land 27 Ala. 117 1855 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
State v. Stimpson 45 Me. 608 1858 0 Larceny SC of Maine
State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. 13 Md. 181 1859 0 Maryland
Polydore v. Prince 19 F. Cas. 950 1837 0 Libel for assault and battery District Court, D. Maine
Matthews v. Dunbar 3 W. Va. 138 1869 0 West Virginia
Selectmen of Windsor v. Jacob 2 Tyl. 192 1802 0 Bill of sale invalid in VT SC of Vermont
Hammond v. State 14 Md. 135 1859 0 Maryland
Russell v. Commonwealth 1 Pen. & W. 82 1829 0 Recovery for services rendered SC of PA.