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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 8 La. 228 1835 0 Partition, property, successions, prescription Louisiana
Floyd v. Goodwin 16 Tenn. 484 1835 0 Tennessee
White v. White 18 N.C. 260 1835 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Whitton's Adm'r v. Terry 33 Va. 189 1835 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Bank of Virginia v. Craig 33 Va. 399 1835 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Petermans v. Laws 33 Va. 523 1835 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
May v. Eastin 2 Port. 414 1835 0 Action for Return of an Ensalved Person Alabama
Brown v. Shields 33 Va. 440 1835 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave & Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Ned of Campbell 33 Va. 607 1835 0 Action of freedom General Ct. of VA
Erskine v. Henry 33 Va. 378 1835 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Poindexter's Ex'ors v. Green's Ex'ors 33 Va. 504 1835 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Icar v. Suares 7 La. 517 1835 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, damages, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Evans 7 G. & J. 290 1835 0 Maryland
Drane v. Scholfield 33 Va. 386 1835 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
United States v. Spalding 4 D.C. 616 1835 0 Conspiracy to sell a freeperson as a slave United States
Carter v. Wilson 18 N.C. 362 1835 0 Sales North Carolina
Armstrong ex rel. Cloud v. Martin 18 N.C. 397 1835 0 Action of debt North Carolina
United States v. Simms 4 D.C. 618 1835 0 Highway Robbery United States
Dozier v. Dozier 21 N.C. 96 1835 0 Suit in equity North Carolina