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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Cowles v. Morgan 34 Ala. 535 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Cowles v. Buchanan 38 N.C. 374 1844 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cowles v. Brown 8 Va. 477 1803 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Cowles v. Andrews 39 Ala. 125 1863 0 Conflict Claims of Sale Alabama
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
Coward v. State ex rel. Worrel 7 G. & J. 475 1836 0 Maryland
Cowan v. Tucker 27 N.C. 78 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Tucker 30 N.C. 426 1848 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Stamps 46 Miss. 435 1872 0 Status of a will in which slaves were directed to be removed to Africa for emancipation Mississippi
Cowan v. Silliman 15 N.C. 46 1833 0 Sales North Carolina
Cowan v. Green 7 N.C. 569 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Green 9 N.C. 384 1823 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cowan v. Epes 2 Va. (Patt. & Heath) 520 1857 0 Wills & Estate Special Ct of Appeals VA
Cowan v. Davidson 13 N.C. 533 1830 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cowan v. Cooper 41 Ala. 187 1867 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Cowan v. Anderson 47 Tenn. 284 1869 0 Tennessee
Cowand v. Reynolds 3 La. 378 1832 0 Sales, damages, eviction, runaway enslaved person, redhibition, conflict of laws, suretyship, fraud, contracts, manumission Louisiana
Covington v. McEntire 37 N.C. 316 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Covington v. Arrington 32 Miss. 144 1856 0 Seeking writ of habeaus corpus for posession of a slave Mississippi