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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Garrett v. Brock 27 Ga. 576 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Fain v. Cornett 25 Ga. 184 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of Trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Pearpoint v. Henry 2 Va. 192 1796 0 Action of trover and conversion SC of Appeals VA
Jacobs v. Aydelot 1 Del. Cas. 411 1796 0 Action of trover; Change of venue Delaware
Jacobs v. Aydlotte 1 Del. Cas. 443 1797 0 Action of trover for an enslaved woman; $80 Delaware
Miller v. Doxey 1 Miss. 329 1829 0 Action of trover for slaves Mississippi
Munn v. Perkins 9 Miss. 412 1843 0 Action of warranty against slave Mississippi
Badger v. Jones 66 N.C. 305 1872 0 Action on a bond North Carolina
State ex rel. Whitford v. Foy 65 N.C. 265 1871 0 Action on a bond North Carolina