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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Vann v. Hargett 22 N.C. 31 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Dodge v. Brittain 19 Tenn. 84 1838 0 Tennessee
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Property dipsute Alabama
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 Estates North Carolina
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Fagan v. Jones 22 N.C. 69 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Granting of freedom after an illegal exportation Delaware
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Trespass committed by slave Mississippi
Dey v. Williams 22 N.C. 66 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Banks v. Thomas 19 Tenn. 28 1838 0 Tennessee
McMorine v. Storey 20 N.C. 87 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Locke v. Armstrong 22 N.C. 147 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lamb v. Wragg 8 Port. 73 1838 0 Right of Property Alabama
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lamb v. Trogden 22 N.C. 190 1838 0 Accounts North Carolina