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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Armstrong ex rel. Cloud v. Martin 18 N.C. 397 1835 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Askew v. Reynolds 18 N.C. 367 1835 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Love v. Blewit 21 N.C. 108 1835 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Arnold v. Arnold 21 N.C. 111 1835 0 Contracts North Carolina
Crane v. Brundage 14 N.J.L. 602 1835 Failure to register child under gradual abolition of slavery statute New Jersey
Dozier v. Dozier 21 N.C. 96 1835 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Elliott v. Elliott 21 N.C. 57 1835 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Hill v. Hughes 18 N.C. 336 1835 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Clancy v. Overman 18 N.C. 402 1835 0 Contracts North Carolina
Strawbridge v. Turner 8 La. 537 1835 0 Torts, runaway enslaved person, liability, damages Louisiana
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Jack v. Martin 14 Wend. 507 1835 0 Recovery for Freedom Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
United States v. Davis 25 F. Cas. 775 1835 0 Freedom suit United States
United States v. Henning 4 D.C. 608 1835 0 Illegal sale of freeperson United States
Harrison v. Hicks 1 Port. 423 1835 0 Trover Alabama
United States v. Frye 4 D.C. 539 1835 0 United States
United States v. Henning 4 D.C. 645 1835 0 Pennitentary Act of the District of Columbia United States
Fenwick v. Tooker 4 D.C. 641 1835 0 Freedom Petition United States
Merrit v. Smith 33 Va. 486 1835 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Collins v. Johnson 26 F. Cas. 131 1835 1 United States