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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
State v. George 8 Rob. 535 1844 0 Battery, capital punishment, prescription Louisiana
United States v. Butler 1 D.C. 373 1806 0 Battery of a slave United States
Vardeman v. Lawson 17 Tex. 10 1856 0 Bequeathal of slave dispute Texas
Dunn v. Davis 12 Ala. 135 1847 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Parish v. Parish 37 Ala. 591 1861 0 Bequest of enslaved persons Alabama
Beck v. Beck 36 Miss. 72 1858 0 Bill filed for effecting the division of slaves in a will Mississippi
Shannon v. Reese 38 Ala. 586 1863 0 Bill for injunction Alabama
Kearney v. Harrell 58 N.C. 199 1859 0 Bill for injunction re judgment North Carolina
Poston v. Gillespie 58 N.C. 258 1859 0 Bill for injunction to set aside deeds North Carolina
Harrington v. Harrington 15 Ga. 561 1854 0 Bill for sale of slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bennett v. Woolfolk 15 Ga. 213 1854 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Braune v. McGee 50 Ala. 359 1874 0 Bill in equity Alabama
Worsham v. Brown 4 Ga. 284 1848 0 Bill in Equity Georgia
Draughon v. French's adm'or 4 Port. 352 1837 0 Bill in Equity Alabama
Gwynn v. Hamilton's Adm'r 29 Ala. 233 1856 0 Bill in Equity by Distributee Against Adminstrator for Account and Settlement of Adminstration Alabama
Vaughn v. Lovejoy 34 Ala. 437 1859 0 Bill in equity for partition Alabama
Mahone v. Williams 39 Ala. 202 1863 0 Bill in Equity to Set Aside Sale under Mortgage Alabama
Eastman v. McAlpin 1 Ga. 157 1846 0 Bill of equity Supreme Court of Georgia