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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Flora v. State 4 Port. 111 1836 0 Indictment against Enslaved Person for murder Alabama
Knight v. Wall 19 N.C. 125 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Darden v. Maget 18 N.C. 498 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Emory v. Erskine 34 Va. 267 1836 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bush v. Martins 34 Va. 320 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
De Lacy v. Antoine 34 Va. 438 1836 0 Suit for freedom ? SC of Appeals VA
Steptoe's Adm'rs v. Harvey's Ex'ors 34 Va. 501 1836 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Taylor 4 Port. 234 1836 0 Trespass Alabama
Hawthorn v. Hunter 35 Va. 411 1836 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave SC of Appeals VA
Burley v. Griffith 35 Va. 442 1836 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
M'Broom v. Governor 4 Port. 90 1836 0 Bill of sale dispute Alabama
Ogburn v. Ogburn 3 Port. 126 1836 0 Sale dispute Alabama
Berry v. Hale 2 Miss. 315 1836 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Wren v. Gayden 2 Miss. 365 1836 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Carroll v. Pathkiller 3 Port. 279 1836 0 Detinue Alabama
Charles v. State 4 Port. 107 1836 0 Alabama
Boon v. Juliet 2 Ill. 258 1836 0 Illinois
Patterson v. Franklin 34 Va. 590 1836 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts