Involving slavery Reference cases involving slavery All cases Cases with short summaries Cases with full summaries
Short Name Citation Summary Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction Link
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Reardon v. Miller 20 F. Cas. 369 1828 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Scruggs v. Davis 40 Tenn. 664 Negligence charged for boat captain allowing captured runaway slave to jump overboard and drown himself 1859 0 Tennessee Caselaw Access Project
Pennington's Exrs. v. Yell 11 Ark. 212 1850 0 Arkansas Caselaw Access Project
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 North Carolina Caselaw Access Project
Micou v. National Bank 104 U.S. 530 1881 0 United States Caselaw Access Project
Isbell v. Butler 2 Va. Col. Dec. 40 1734 0 Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Phillips v. Stewart 27 Ga. 402 1859 0 Abatement of action Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Simmons v. State 4 Ga. 465 1848 0 accessory to theft of goods by slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hook v. Stovall, Dunn & Co. 26 Ga. 704 1859 0 Action based on promissory note Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lennard v. Jones 27 Ga. 309 1859 0 Action brought by trustee Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Macon & Western Rail Road v. Davis 18 Ga. 679 1855 0 Action brought for death of slave on carriage Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Action brought for harboring slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Latimer v. Alexander 14 Ga. 259 1853 0 Action brought for payment for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Action brought to recover cost of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wellborn v. Weaver 17 Ga. 267 1855 0 Action brought to recover two slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Action brought to recover value of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hobgood v. Martin 31 Ga. 62 1860 0 Action equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clayton v. Brown 30 Ga. 490 1860 0 Action for a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cox v. State 32 Ga. 515 1861 0 action for murder of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brooks v. Cook 20 Ga. 87 1856 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gorman v. Campbell 14 Ga. 137 1853 0 Action for value of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tilman v. Stringer 26 Ga. 171 1858 0 Action for value of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Lemon v. Wright 31 Ga. 317 1860 0 Action of conversion of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Baynes v. Bernhard 12 Ga. 150 1852 0 action of covenant Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walton v. Jordan 23 Ga. 420 1857 0 Action of deceit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Waddill v. Chamberlayne 1 Jefferson 10 1733 0 Action of deceit Virginia Caselaw Access Project
Mangham v. Reed 11 Ga. 137 1852 0 Action of trespass Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mapp v. Phillips 32 Ga. 72 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Sims v. Goodwyn 31 Ga. 267 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mayor of Columbus v. Goetchius 7 Ga. 139 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tompkins v. Philips 12 Ga. 52 1852 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Groce v. Rittenberry 14 Ga. 232 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Meek v. Holton 22 Ga. 491 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
White v. Dinkins 19 Ga. 285 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cornett v. Fain 33 Ga. 219 1862 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Settle v. Alison 8 Ga. 201 1850 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Arrington v. Cherry 10 Ga. 429 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jennings v. Parker 24 Ga. 621 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jones v. Morgan 13 Ga. 515 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Moye v. Kittrell 29 Ga. 677 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Outlaw v. Gilmer 27 Ga. 365 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brooks v. Ashburn 9 Ga. 297 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Booth v. Terrell 18 Ga. 570 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bell v. McCawley 29 Ga. 355 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pope v. Tucker 23 Ga. 484 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Morgan v. Jones 24 Ga. 155 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dinkins v. Moore 17 Ga. 62 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Rutledge v. Montgomery 30 Ga. 899 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Smith v. Johnson 21 Ga. 386 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Watson 20 Ga. 480 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wight v. Hester 24 Ga. 485 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mayor of Columbus v. Howard 6 Ga. 213 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Ball v. Wallace 32 Ga. 170 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Howard v. Snelling 28 Ga. 469 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brewton v. Smith 28 Ga. 442 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tharp v. Anderson 31 Ga. 293 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pope v. Toombs 20 Ga. 762 1856 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Sharman v. Jackson 30 Ga. 224 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 29 Ga. 225 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Alston v. Grantham 26 Ga. 374 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Allen v. Whitaker 34 Ga. 6 1864 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thrash v. Hardy 31 Ga. 203 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Childers v. Childers 21 Ga. 377 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wood & Whitaker v. Tompkins 28 Ga. 159 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
M’Cleskey v. Leadbetter 1 Ga. 551 1846 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clements v. Glass 23 Ga. 395 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
James v. Kerby 29 Ga. 684 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bigby v. Powell 25 Ga. 244 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchanan 9 Ga. 539 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Reinhart v. Miller 22 Ga. 402 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dawson v. Callaway 31 Ga. 47 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mulligan v. Bailey 28 Ga. 507 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walker v. Watson 32 Ga. 264 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Willis v. Willis 18 Ga. 13 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. Buchannon 3 Ga. 513 1847 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Goodwyn v. Goodwyn 16 Ga. 114 1854 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Williams v. Logan & Meara 32 Ga. 165 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Clayton v. Brown 17 Ga. 217 1855 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Powell v. Bigley 14 Ga. 41 1853 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fain v. Cornett 25 Ga. 184 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carlton v. Price 10 Ga. 495 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Landrum v. Russell 29 Ga. 405 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Walden v. McDonald 30 Ga. 542 1860 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woodson v. Law 7 Ga. 105 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Desverges v. Desverges 31 Ga. 753 1861 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Foster v. Brooks 6 Ga. 287 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fowler v. Waldrip 10 Ga. 350 1851 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Field & Adams v. Lucas 21 Ga. 447 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Starnes v. Quin 6 Ga. 84 1849 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Aiken v. Cato 23 Ga. 154 1857 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Andrews v. Bonner 26 Ga. 520 1858 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Respass v. Young 11 Ga. 114 1852 0 Action of trover Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bostick v. Hardy 30 Ga. 836 1860 0 action to recover balance due Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Strozier v. Carroll 31 Ga. 557 1860 0 action to recover damages Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Action to recover damages from railroad company for death of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bealle v. Day 28 Ga. 435 1859 0 action to recover slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pearson v. Reid 10 Ga. 580 1851 0 Additional property injury in suit Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Baker v. State 15 Ga. 498 1854 0 Aiding a slave escape Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Methvin v. Methvin 15 Ga. 97 1854 0 Alimony and divorce, distribution of property Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Myrick v. Vineburgh 30 Ga. 161 1860 0 Allowing Manumission of slaves outside of Georgia Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Thompson v. Kimbrel 46 Ga. 529 1872 0 amended order Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Blassingame v. Rose 34 Ga. 418 1866 0 appeal for property debt Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Carter v. State 35 Ga. 263 1866 0 Assault with intent to commit rape Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. State 51 Ga. 402 1874 0 Assault with intent to murder Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Harrington v. Harrington 15 Ga. 561 1854 0 Bill for sale of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johns v. Johns 23 Ga. 31 1857 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jackson v. Waters 10 Ga. 546 1851 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bennett v. Woolfolk 15 Ga. 213 1854 0 Bill for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Worsham v. Brown 4 Ga. 284 1848 0 Bill in Equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Eastman v. McAlpin 1 Ga. 157 1846 0 Bill of equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hawes v. Paul 41 Ga. 609 1871 0 Bill of equity Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Fountaine v. Urquhart 33 Ga. Supp. 184 1864 0 Bill of equity for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Executors of Everett v. Administrators of Whitfield 27 Ga. 133 1859 0 Bill of exceptions Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Washington v. State 36 Ga. 222 1867 0 Bill of indictment Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Curry v. Gaulden 17 Ga. 72 1855 0 Bond Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Harper & Ammons v. Lemon 38 Ga. 227 1868 0 Breach of contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cherry v. Jones 41 Ga. 579 1871 0 Breach of Contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Tompkins v. Tigner 17 Ga. 103 1855 0 Breach of Contract Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cleghorn v. Love 24 Ga. 590 1858 0 Breach of Trust Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hopkins v. Tilman 25 Ga. 212 1858 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Badgett v. Broughton 1 Ga. 591 1846 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dukes v. Nelson 27 Ga. 457 1859 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
McAffee v. Mulkey 40 Ga. 115 1869 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dean v. Traylor 8 Ga. 169 1850 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Feagin v. Beasley 23 Ga. 17 1857 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Breach of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wood v. Ross 43 Ga. 596 1871 0 Bribery Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Harvey v. Anderson 12 Ga. 69 1852 0 Caveat to will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Davis v. Bagley 40 Ga. 181 1869 0 claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hammond v. Myrick 14 Ga. 77 1853 0 claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hodges v. Holiday 29 Ga. 696 1860 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hackett v. Green 32 Ga. 512 1861 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Whitaker v. Strong 16 Ga. 81 1854 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Black v. Lewis 30 Ga. 958 1860 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Marshall v. Morris 13 Ga. 185 1853 0 Claim and levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Beers v. Dawson 8 Ga. 556 1850 0 Claim and Levy Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. McCrary 30 Ga. 878 1860 0 claim for slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Stephenson v. State 40 Ga. 291 1869 0 Concealment of armed weapon Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Pitts v. McWhorter 3 Ga. 5 1847 0 Consideration for property purchased Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gibbon v. Gibbon 40 Ga. 562 1869 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hill v. Felton 47 Ga. 455 1872 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hollingshed v. Alston 13 Ga. 277 1853 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dumas v. Robinson 40 Ga. 349 1869 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Whitlock v. Vaun 38 Ga. 562 1868 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Shivers v. Goar 40 Ga. 676 1870 0 Construction of will Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Jordan v. Pollock 14 Ga. 145 1853 0 constructive inquire Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Calhoun v. Stokes 26 Ga. 325 1858 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Toomer v. Dickerson 37 Ga. 428 1867 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Greene v. Lowry 46 Ga. 55 1872 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Rutherford v. Newsom 36 Ga. 246 1867 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Brown v. Wright 39 Ga. 96 1869 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Molyneux v. Collier 17 Ga. 46 1855 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Freeman v. Norwell 25 Ga. 359 1858 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Taylor v. Martin 49 Ga. 572 1872 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hargrove v. Webb & Allen 27 Ga. 172 1859 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gates v. McManus 33 Ga. Supp. 67 1864 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hannahan v. Nichols 17 Ga. 77 1855 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bryan v. Walton 33 Ga. Supp. 11 1864 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hambright v. Stover 31 Ga. 300 1860 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Roberts v. Prior 20 Ga. 561 1856 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Henry v. State 33 Ga. 441 1863 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Warner v. Robertson 13 Ga. 370 1853 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Hicks v. Ayer 5 Ga. 298 1848 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Floyd v. Wallace 31 Ga. 688 1861 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Adams v. Barrett 5 Ga. 404 1848 0 Contract dispute Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wilkes v. Hughes 37 Ga. 361 1867 0 Contract dispute between a former slave and his master. Ben argued that he was not a slave at the time he worked for Angus Hughes. Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gaulden v. Lawrence 33 Ga. 159 1862 0 contract dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Comas v. Reddish 35 Ga. 236 1866 0 Contract dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Contract dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Kimbrough v. Worrill 38 Ga. 119 1868 0 Contract dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Cleland v. Low 32 Ga. 458 1861 0 Contract dispute over slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Craft v. Jackson 4 Ga. 360 1848 0 Contract dispute over slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Bulloch v. Smith 15 Ga. 395 1854 0 Contract dispute over slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Middlebrook v. Nelson 34 Ga. 506 1866 0 Contract issue Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Collins v. Collins 44 Ga. 128 1871 0 Contract issue to recover damages Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Dye v. Wall 6 Ga. 584 1849 0 Contract of warranty Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gamble v. Knott & Hollingsworth 40 Ga. 199 1869 0 Contract reform Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Alexander & Howell v. Glenn 39 Ga. 1 1869 0 contractual dispute for slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Spicer v. Yopp 30 Ga. 285 1860 0 contractual dispute over sale of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
King v. King 45 Ga. 644 1872 0 contractual dispute over slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Wynne v. Alford 29 Ga. 694 1860 0 Contractual disputes Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Parker v. Chambers 24 Ga. 518 1858 0 Contractual disputes Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Gill v. Strozier 32 Ga. 688 1861 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Mason v. Mason 33 Ga. 435 1863 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Black v. Thornton 30 Ga. 361 1860 0 Conversion of slaves Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Anthony v. Stephens 46 Ga. 241 1872 0 conveyanace Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Woodward v. Solomon 7 Ga. 246 1849 0 Conveyanace of sales Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Byrd v. Byrd 44 Ga. 258 1871 0 Conveyance Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Adams v. Guerard 29 Ga. 651 1860 0 Conveyance of a slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project
Phillips v. Chappell 16 Ga. 16 1854 0 Conveyance of slave Georgia Caselaw Access Project