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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Thompson 2 Swan 386 1852 0 Tennessee
Mosely v. Hamilton 63 Tenn. 434 1874 0 Tennessee
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 Larceny North Carolina
State v. Henry 31 N.C. 463 1849 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Anthony 29 N.C. 234 1847 0 Indictment for high-way robbery North Carolina
State v. Jesse 19 N.C. 297 1837 0 Rape North Carolina
State v. Edmund 15 N.C. 340 1833 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Tom 13 N.C. 569 1830 0 Conspiracy to murder North Carolina
Griffin v. Graham 8 N.C. 96 1820 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Cash v. State 29 Tenn. 111 1849 0 Tennessee
Wyatt v. State 2 Swan 394 1852 0 Tennessee
Wesley v. State 11 Hum. 502 1851 0 Tennessee
Gassaway v. Hopkins 38 Tenn. 583 1858 0 Tennessee
Grigsby v. State 63 Tenn. 19 1874 0 Tennessee
Gannaway v. Tarpley 41 Tenn. 572 1860 0 Tennessee
Jim v. State 24 Tenn. 145 1844 0 Tennessee
James v. Drake 35 Tenn. 340 1855 0 Tennessee
Anderson v. Commonwealth 32 Va. 740 1835 0 Grand Larceny General Ct. of VA