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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Gray v. Gray 20 Ga. 804 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Downing v. Johnson 45 Tenn. 229 1867 0 Tennessee
Kit v. State 30 Tenn. 167 1850 0 Tennessee
Dillard v. Dillard 22 Tenn. 41 1842 0 Tennessee
Wilks v. Fitzpatrick 20 Tenn. 54 1839 0 Tennessee
Price v. Allen 9 Hum. 703 1849 0 Tennessee
Vincent v. State 50 Tenn. 120 1871 0 Tennessee
State v. Curtis 24 Tenn. 601 1845 0 Tennessee
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee
Bennehan's Ex'or v. Norwood 40 N.C. 106 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Freeman v. Bass 34 Ga. 355 1866 0 Purchase of skave Supreme Courrt of Georgia
State v. Berry 34 Ga. 546 1866 0 Masters no longer have to give their approval for blacks to be brought before the court in criminal cases since abolition Supreme Court of Georgia
Riley v. Martin 35 Ga. 136 1866 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 20 Ga. 600 1856 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hart v. Powell 18 Ga. 635 1855 0 Recovery for damages cause to a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Moreland v. Hunley 37 Ga. 342 1867 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
John v. State 33 Ga. 257 1862 0 Murder of a slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA