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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
M'Kenzie v. Macon 46 Va. 379 1849 0 Action to enjoin the sale of slaves SC of Appeals VA
Peatross v. M'Laughlin 47 Va. 64 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Love v. Love 41 N.C. 325 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Tutt v. Slaughter's adm'r 46 Va. 364 1849 0 Action of trover SC of Appeals VA
Lucas v. Duffield 47 Va. 456 1849 0 Action of ejectment SC of Appeals VA
Howell v. Cowles 47 Va. 393 1849 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Pryor v. Duncan 47 Va. 27 1849 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Grayson v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 712 1849 0 First-degree murder General Ct. of VA
Pool v. Davis 32 N.C. 310 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Nicolson v. Burke 15 Ala. 353 1849 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Williams v. Kelsey & Halsted 6 Ga. 365 1849 0 Levy and Claim Supreme Court of Georgia
McRae v. Keller 32 N.C. 398 1849 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Anderson v. Doak 32 N.C. 295 1849 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Mooney v. Evans 41 N.C. 363 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Lanier v. Chappell ex rel. Monroe 2 Fla. 621 1849 0 Suit for the Work and Labor of Slaves Supreme Court of FL
Daggs v. Frazer 6 F. Cas. 1112 1849 0 United States
Thornton’s Case 11 Ill. 332 1849 1 Illinois
Page v. Vandegrift 5 Del. 176 1849 0 Transportation of an enslaved person out of state Delaware
Hansley v. Hansley 32 N.C. 506 1849 0 Divorce North Carolina
Kirkpatrick v. Rogers 41 N.C. 130 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina