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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wheat v. Croom 7 Ala. 349 1845 0 Trespass Alabama
Patteson v. Ford 43 Va. 18 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Springs v. Erwin 28 N.C. 27 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Bracken v. Chaffin 24 Tenn. 575 1845 0 Tennessee
Elias v. Smith 25 Tenn. 33 1845 0 Tennessee
Hobson v. Yancey 43 Va. 73 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
McBride v. Thompson 8 Ala. 650 1845 0 Will & trust Alabama
Wier v. Buford 8 Ala. 134 1845 0 Role of Agency in Contract Negotiation Alabama
Jarrot v. Jarrot 7 Ill. 1 1845 0 Illinois
Ex parte Royster 6 Ark. 29 1845 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Strider v. Reid's Adm'r 43 Va. 38 1845 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Harper v. Archer 12 Miss. 99 1845 0 Appeal bond Mississippi
Wade v. Roberts 25 Tenn. 124 1845 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Ricks 42 Va. 416 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Nations v. Alvis ex rel. Alvis 13 Miss. 338 1845 0 Recovery for posession of slave Mississippi
Arrington v. Gee 27 N.C. 590 1845 0 Action of debt North Carolina
United States v. Flowery 25 F. Cas. 1124 1845 0 Indictment of slave trader United States
Havens v. Van Den Burgh 1 Denio 27 1845 0 SC of New York