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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Edney v. King 39 N.C. 465 1847 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 29 N.C. 493 1847 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bowling v. Stratton 27 Tenn. 430 1847 0 Tennessee
Robinett v. Compton 2 La. Ann. 846 1847 0 Community property, successions, sales, damages, title, good faith possessors, mortgages, warranty Louisiana
Thompson v. Ford 29 N.C. 420 1847 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Williams v. Avent 40 N.C. 47 1847 0 Fraud North Carolina
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Jackson v. Culpepper 93 Ga 569 1847 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Venable v. Thompson 11 Ala. 147 1847 0 Property dispute Alabama
Trapnall v. Jordan 7 Ark. 430 1847 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Calloway v. Roane 7 Ark. 354 1847 0 Delivery bond dispute Arkansas
Cunningham v. Cheatham 8 Ark. 187 1847 0 Conditional bond Arkansas
Bank of the State v. Byrd 8 Ark. 152 1847 0 Vedict for interpleader for enslaved person Arkansas
Weeks v. Weeks 40 N.C. 111 1847 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Purcell v. Wilson 45 Va. 16 1847 0 Writ of right SC of Appeals VA
White v. Strother 11 Ala. 720 1847 0 Trover Alabama
State v. Charles 1 Fla. 298 1847 0 Sentencing a Slave to Death for the Rape of a White Women Supreme Court of FL
Charlton v. Unis 45 Va. 58 1847 0 Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Moore v. Morse 2 Tex. 401 1847 0 Will & trust Texas
McLane v. Spence 11 Ala. 172 1847 0 Trespass Alabama