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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Spruill v. Moore 40 N.C. 284 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State v. Williams 31 N.C. 140 1848 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Smith v. Davis 30 N.C. 508 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
James v. State 28 Tenn. 308 1848 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Philpot 40 N.C. 324 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wiley v. Lashler 27 Tenn. 717 1848 0 Tennessee
Lashlee v. Wily 27 Tenn. 659 1848 0 Tennessee
Chinn v. Murray 45 Va. 348 1848 0 Suit for partition of estate SC of Appeals VA
Brewer v. Harris 46 Va. 285 1848 0 Illegal detainment SC of Appeals VA
Roberts v. Trawick 13 Ala. 68 1848 0 Will & trust Alabama
Mayor of Memphis v. Winfield 27 Tenn. 707 1848 0 Tennessee
State v. Nelson 3 La. Ann. 497 1848 0 Criminal law, confessions, evidence, murder Louisiana
Cornish v. Willson 6 Gill 299 1848 0 Maryland
Amis v. Satterfield 40 N.C. 173 1848 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
McLeod v. Oates 30 N.C. 387 1848 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Le Baron v. Fauntleroy 2 Fla. 276 1848 0 Appeal for a Revocation of Probate Supreme Court of FL
Hall v. Tompkins 9 Hum. 592 1848 0 Tennessee
Watts v. Clardy 2 Fla. 369 1848 0 Attachment of Marital Rights for Slaves Devised in Estate Supreme Court of FL
Watkins v. Flora 30 N.C. 374 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
West v. Tilghman 31 N.C. 163 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina