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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Whitehurst v. Harker 37 N.C. 292 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wier v. Davis 4 Ala. 442 1842 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
State v. Tomlinson 25 N.C. 32 1842 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
Winnard v. Robbins 22 Tenn. 614 1842 0 Tennessee
MacLin v. Smith 37 N.C. 371 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jacobs v. Locke 37 N.C. 286 1842 0 Contracts North Carolina
Boyd v. Hawkins 37 N.C. 304 1842 0 Trusts North Carolina
Latham v. Wiswall 37 N.C. 294 1842 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Britain v. State 22 Tenn. 203 1842 0 Tennessee
Averitt v. Foy 37 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Douthitt v. Hudson 4 Ala. 110 1842 0 Action for recovery of enslaved person Alabama
Whitmore v. Parks 22 Tenn. 95 1842 0 Tennessee
Abernathy v. Hoke 37 N.C. 157 1842 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Morrow v. Alexander 24 N.C. 388 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Lee v. Gause 24 N.C. 440 1842 0 Sales North Carolina
Slade v. Washburn 24 N.C. 414 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
King v. Terry 7 Miss. 513 1842 0 Levy on slave dispute Mississippi
Smith v. Greer 22 Tenn. 118 1842 0 Tennessee
Pickard v. Peters 3 Ala. 493 1842 0 Levy on enslaved person Alabama
Cowling v. Douglass 4 Ala. 206 1842 0 Levy on a enslaved person Alabama