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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Carr v. Holliday 21 N.C. 344 1836 0 Contracts North Carolina
Stancell v. Kenan 33 Ga. 56 1861 0 Will and testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Hollifield v. Stell 17 Ga. 280 1855 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Eastman v. McAlpin 1 Ga. 157 1846 0 Bill of equity Supreme Court of Georgia
Irvin v. Howard 37 Ga. 18 1867 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
Oliver v. State 39 Miss. 526 1860 0 Evidentiary issues in the testimony in a trial of a white man who killed enslaved man Mississippi
Hambrick v. Crawford 53 Ga. 352 1874 0 Vacated order becuase of illegality Supreme Court of Georgia
Mears v. Morrison 1 Ill. 223 1827 0 Illinois
Tooke v. Hardeman 7 Ga. 20 1849 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Tom v. Daily 4 Ohio 336 1829 0 Ohio
Dickinson v. Jones 36 Ga. 97 1867 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Lane v. Partee 41 Ga. 202 1870 0 Trust and Testator Supreme Court of Georgia
Lillibridge v. Ross 31 Ga. 730 1861 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Recovery of Payment for Sercives of Enenslaved Persons Alabama
Isbell's adm'r v. Norvell's ex'or 45 Va. 176 1847 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Andres v. Lee 21 N.C. 318 1836 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Davis v. Baltzer 1 D.C. 482 1808 0 Freedom Petition United States
Paschal v. Davis 3 Ga. 256 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Watson v. Hall 2 D.C. 154 1818 0 Creditors Remidies' United States