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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watkins v. Flora 30 N.C. 374 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Watkins v. Barnes 1 Sneed 201 1853 0 Tennessee
Watkins & Bullard v. Defoor 33 Ga. 494 1863 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Waters v. Grayson 3 La. Ann. 595 1848 0 Successions, property, sales, conflict of laws, mortgages Louisiana
Waters v. Duvall 11 G. & J. 37 1839 0 Maryland
Waters v. Barton 41 Tenn. 450 1860 0 Tennessee
Wash v. State 22 Miss. 120 1850 0 Whether proof that an enslaved man was owned by a person was enough to uphold capital conviction Mississippi
Washington v. Wilson 2 D.C. 153 1818 0 Valuation of Slave? United States
Washington v. Johnson 26 Tenn. 468 1846 0 Tennessee
Washington v. Blunt 43 N.C. 253 1852 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Washington v. Barnes 41 Ga. 307 1870 0 Slave contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Warren v. Brooks 7 Cow. 218 1827 0 Failure to obtain certificate of "slave's ability to maintain himself" pursuant to statute prior to freeing slave SC of New York
Warner v. Warner 33 Miss. 547 1857 0 Forfeiture of right to life interest in slaves belonging to wife Mississippi
Warner v. Robertson 13 Ga. 370 1853 0 Contract Dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Warner v. Burton 12 Ark. 144 1851 0 Bill to enforce divorce Arkansas
Waring v. Edmonds 11 Md. 424 1857 0 Maryland
Ware v. W'Candlish 38 Va. 595 1841 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Ward v. Stow 17 N.C. 509 1834 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Ward v. State 37 Ala. 158 1861 0 Indictment for Gaming with an Enslaved Person Alabama
Ward v. Smith 30 N.C. 296 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina