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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Henderson v. Vaulx 18 Tenn. 30 1836 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Brown 18 Tenn. 84 1836 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Powell 21 N.C. 379 1836 0 Gifts North Carolina
Black v. Ray 21 N.C. 443 1836 0 Sales North Carolina
Wren v. Gayden 2 Miss. 365 1836 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Alston v. Hamlin 19 N.C. 115 1836 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Knight v. Leak 19 N.C. 133 1836 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
M'Kay v. Williams 21 N.C. 398 1836 0 Trusts North Carolina
Union Bank v. State 17 Tenn. 490 1836 0 Tennessee
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Action for freedom Massachusetts
Derrick v. Kennedy 4 Port. 41 1836 0 Trespass Alabama
Marfield v. Davidson 8 G. & J. 209 1836 0 Maryland
Toler v. Pender 21 N.C. 445 1836 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Adm'r of Spence v. Whitaker 3 Port. 297 1836 1 Alabama
Clarke v. State ex rel. Darnall 8 G. & J. 111 1836 0 Maryland
State v. Samuel 19 N.C. 177 1836 0 Homicide North Carolina
Simms v. Garrot 21 N.C. 393 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 18 N.C. 446 1836 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Turner v. Armstrong 17 Tenn. 412 1836 0 Tennessee
Hoffman v. Gold 8 G. & J. 79 1836 0 Maryland