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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Wrongfully sending away enslaved persons Alabama
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Trespass committed by slave Mississippi
Parker v. Vick 22 N.C. 195 1838 0 Deeds North Carolina
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 Suit for subtraction of wages District Court, D. Maine
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Recovery for property Mississippi
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Greenlee's Adm'r v. Bailey 36 Va. 188 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 Action for debt SC of Appeals VA
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hinds v. Brazealle 3 Miss. 837 1838 0 Deed of empanicpation dispute Mississippi
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Trover Alabama
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
St. John v. O'Connel 7 Port. 466 1838 0 Transfer of property dispute Alabama
Dozier v. Joyce 8 Port. 303 1838 0 Detinue for wrongful detention of enslaved persons Alabama
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Property dipsute Alabama