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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
Richardson v. Richardson 4 Port. 467 1837 0 Property dispute Alabama
Davis v. Gully 19 N.C. 360 1837 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Draughon v. French's adm'or 4 Port. 352 1837 0 Bill in Equity Alabama
State v. Brown 4 Port. 410 1837 0 Action against Enslaved Person thief Alabama
Den ex dem. Ferebee v. Procter 19 N.C. 439 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Bank of the United States v. Lee 5 D.C. 319 1837 0 Fradulent Contracts/Equity United States
State v. Cook 22 S.C.L. 234 1837 0 South Carolina
Mead v. Steger 5 Port. 498 1837 0 Assumpsit Alabama
Clagett v. Hall 9 G. & J. 80 1837 0 Maryland
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
The Reeside 20 F. Cas. 458 1837 1 United States
Anderson v. Woodford 35 Va. 316 1837 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
State v. Hardin 19 N.C. 407 1837 0 Indictment for seducing and conveying a slave North Carolina
May v. Boisseau 35 Va. 164 1837 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 Divorce North Carolina
Fadeley v. Weatherby's Ex'ors 35 Va. 29 1837 0 Marriage settlement SC of Appeals VA
Callaway v. Alexander 35 Va. 114 1837 1 Virginia
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Vanhook v. Vanhook 21 N.C. 589 1837 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina