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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burns v. Hill 19 Ga. 22 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Lyon v. Goree 15 Ala. 360 1849 0 Alabama
Bulloch v. Smith 15 Ga. 395 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailey v. Poindexter's Ex'or 55 Va. 132 1858 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hammond v. Stovall 17 Ga. 491 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hannahan v. Nichols 17 Ga. 77 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Knight v.Hardeman 17 Ga. 253 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Hollifield v. Stell 17 Ga. 280 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Mosely v. Gordon 16 Ga. 384 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Drumright v. Philpot 16 Ga. 424 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Dacy v. Gay 16 Ga. 203 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitaker v. Strong 16 Ga. 81 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Booth v. Terrell 16 Ga. 20 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Freeman v. Flood 16 Ga. 528 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Sargent v. Caldwell 16 Ga. 64 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. Lester 16 Ga. 410 1854 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Judge v. State 8 Ga. 173 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Johnson v. State 8 Ga. 453 1850 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Kemp v. Daniel 8 Ga. 385 1850 0 Supreme Courrt of Georgia