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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
McMurran v. Soria 5 Miss. 154 1839 0 Note of sale dispute Mississippi
Johnson v. Richey 5 Miss. 233 1839 0 Trustee dispute Mississippi
Petroux v. Chasal 13 La. 459 1839 0 Sales, recission, redhibition Louisiana
Hall v. Browder's Administrators 5 Miss. 224 1839 0 Property dispute Mississippi
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Marshall v. Fulgham 5 Miss. 216 1839 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Tewksbury v. Tewksbury 5 Miss. 109 1839 0 Martial property dispute Mississippi
Phillips v. Lane 5 Miss. 122 1839 0 Conversion of property dispute Mississippi
Webb v. Bumpass 9 Port. 201 1839 0 Expose to sale Alabama
Prosser v. Leatherman ex rel. Hutchins 5 Miss. 237 1839 0 Trade of property dispute Mississippi
White v. White 20 N.C. 427 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Walton v. Avery 22 N.C. 405 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Tally v. Tally 22 N.C. 385 1839 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Den on dem. Zollicoffer v. Zollicoffer 20 N.C. 438 1839 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Hales v. Griffin 22 N.C. 425 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 Property Interests North Carolina