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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Richards v. Stewart 2 Day 328 1806 0 Action of trover Connecticut
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Chitwood 44 N.C. 445 1853 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Phllips v. Martiney's Ex'or 51 Va. 333 1853 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia
Donnell v. Shields 30 N.C. 371 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lentz v. Chambers 27 N.C. 587 1845 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Etheridge v. Bell 27 N.C. 87 1844 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Knight v. Thomas 2 N.C. 333 1796 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Outlaw v. Gilmer 27 Ga. 365 1859 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Thrash v. Hardy 31 Ga. 203 1860 0 Action of trover Suprem Court of Georgia
Ryburn v. Pryor 14 Ark. 505 1854 0 Action of trover Arkansas