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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hooper v. Hooper 20 N.C. 150 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 Estates North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Mobley v. Fossett 20 N.C. 96 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 A father, who was a free man, could not own his son Delaware
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 Creditor Remedies United States
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 Appeal of conviction of being out past curfew. United States
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Greenlee's Adm'r v. Bailey 36 Va. 188 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 Freedom Petition/ Wills United States
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Successions, property, debts, testamentary dispositions Louisiana
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, promissory notes, recission Louisiana
Poulard v. Delamare 12 La. 267 1838 0 Freedom suit, emancipation, wills, sales, successions, contracts, sales Louisiana
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, fraud Louisiana