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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Reid 51 N.C. 494 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Property, Wills Louisiana
Smith v. Penn 63 Va. 402 1872 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Pearson 24 Ala. 355 1854 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Smith v. Pearson 26 Ala. 603 1855 0 Sale of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Smith v. Parker 3 D.C. 654 1829 0 Contracts United States
Smith v. Niel 8 N.C. 341 1821 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Smith v. Nicholson 6 La. Ann. 704 1851 0 Trespass, conversion, successions, peremption Louisiana
Smith v. Nicholas 35 Va. 330 1837 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Smith v. Nelson 34 Tex. 516 1871 0 Texas
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Morgan 8 Gill 133 1849 0 Maryland
Smith v. Moore 37 Ala. 327 1861 0 Will & trust Alabama
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Smith v. Metcalf 38 Tenn. 64 1858 0 Tennessee
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Smith v. McWaters 22 La. Ann. 431 1870 0 Property, secured transactions Louisiana
Smith v. McDowell 3 Rob. 430 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Smith v. McCrary 38 N.C. 204 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina