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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mitchell v. Rainey 20 N.C. 61 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Wrongfully sending away enslaved persons Alabama
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Reid v. Campbell 19 Tenn. 378 1838 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Magee v. Toland 8 Port. 36 1838 0 Detinue Alabama
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Banks v. Thomas 19 Tenn. 28 1838 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
Thompson v. Thompson 3 Miss. 737 1838 0 Will & trust Mississippi
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA