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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cummins v. Webb 4 Ark. 229 1842 0 Property dipsute Arkansas
Lawson v. Main 4 Ark. 184 1842 0 Levy dispute Arkansas
Williams v. Brummel 4 Ark. 129 1842 0 Mortgage dispute Arkansas
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Conveyance Alabama
Ex parte Cummins 4 Ark. 103 1842 0 Bond dispute Arkansas
Robinson v. Calloway 4 Ark. 94 1842 0 Property post-death dispute Arkansas
Taylor v. Reese 4 Ala. 121 1842 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Booker's Ex'rs v. Jemison 4 Ala. 408 1842 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Oden v. Rippetoe 4 Ala. 68 1842 0 Property dispute Alabama
Wood v. Wood 3 Ala. 756 1842 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Gibson v. Andrews 4 Ala. 66 1842 0 Duty of Care of Enslaved Person Alabama
Morgan v. McCarty 22 Tenn. 146 1842 0 Tennessee
Bradley v. Lowry 17 S.C. Eq. 1 1842 0 South Carolina
Wilson v. Hoss 22 Tenn. 142 1842 0 Tennessee
Morris v. Harvey 4 Ala. 300 1842 0 Detinue for a enslaved person Alabama
Thomas v. Lewis 22 Tenn. 29 1842 0 Tennessee
Wier v. Davis 4 Ala. 442 1842 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Young v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 744 1842 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Ross 22 Tenn. 220 1842 0 Tennessee
Sydney v. State 22 Tenn. 478 1842 0 Tennessee