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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boyle v. Townes 36 Va. 66 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
M'Cutchen v. M'Cutchen 8 Port. 151 1838 0 Detinue for a Enslaved Person Alabama
Mobley v. Fossett 20 N.C. 96 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Couch v. Campbell 6 Port. 262 1838 0 Trespass Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Action of detinue Alabama
State v. Jesse 20 N.C. 98 1838 0 Double Jeopardy North Carolina
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Property dipsute Alabama
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Scates v. Wilson & Edmunds 36 Va. 170 1838 1 Virginia
Blanton v. King 3 Miss. 856 1838 1 Mississippi
Pegram v. May 36 Va. 71 1838 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA