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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Vanhook v. Rogers's Executor 7 N.C. 178 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Grant v. Bontz 2 D.C. 184 1819 0 Sales United States
Metayer v. Metayer 6 Mart. (o.s.) 16 1819 0 Emancipation, freedom suit, false imprisonment, damages, evidence, prescription, conflict of laws, property Louisiana
State v. Jernigan 7 N.C. 12 1819 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
Taylor v. Lanier 7 N.C. 98 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Cowan v. Green 7 N.C. 569 1819 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Cherry 7 N.C. 7 1819 0 Homicide North Carolina
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Blackledge v. Singleton 7 N.C. 597 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Bellingham 16 Mass. 108 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Ellison v. Woody 20 Va. 368 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
M'Kay v. Hendon 7 N.C. 21 1819 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hudson v. Hudson's Administrator 20 Va. 352 1819 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Inhabitants of Lanesborough v. Inhabitants of Westfield 16 Mass. 74 1819 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Girod v. Lewis 6 Mart. (o.s.) 559 1819 0 Marriage, manumission, capacity, contracts, emancipation Louisiana
Johnson v. Negro Lish 4 H. & J. 441 1819 0 Maryland
Commonwealth ex rel. Bell v. Greason 5 Serg. & Rawle 333 1819 0 Faulty registration of slave SC of PA.