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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
McRae v. Pegues 4 Ala. 158 1842 0 Gift of enslaved persons Alabama
Norris v. Bradford 4 Ala. 203 1842 0 Trover Alabama
Lee v. Bryan 3 Ala. 278 1842 0 Levy of enslaved persons Alabama
Jemison v. Cozens 3 Ala. 636 1842 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Dishazer v. Maitland 39 Va. 524 1842 1 Virginia
Hinklin v. Hamilton 22 Tenn. 569 1842 0 Tennessee
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Eakin 22 Tenn. 413 1842 0 Tennessee
Martin v. Martin 39 Va. 495 1842 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Lewis 22 Tenn. 29 1842 0 Tennessee
Bowman's Ex'rs v. Tucker 22 Tenn. 648 1842 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Greer 22 Tenn. 118 1842 0 Tennessee
Whitmore v. Parks 22 Tenn. 95 1842 0 Tennessee
Morgan v. McCarty 22 Tenn. 146 1842 0 Tennessee
Tucker v. Medaris 22 Tenn. 628 1842 0 Tennessee
Britain v. State 22 Tenn. 203 1842 0 Tennessee
Medley v. Pannill's Adm'r 40 Va. 63 1842 1 Virginia
Governor for Cockrell v. Williams 39 Va. 508 1842 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Ashby v. Smith 40 Va. 56 1842 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA