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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 Estates North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Foscue v. Foscue 22 N.C. 65 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Contract Dispute Alabama
Mobley v. Fossett 20 N.C. 96 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Edwards v. Williams 3 Miss. 846 1838 0 Recovery for slave Mississippi
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Reid v. Campbell 19 Tenn. 378 1838 0 Tennessee
Brunson v. Brunson 19 Tenn. 630 1838 0 Tennessee
Underwood v. Dismukes 19 Tenn. 299 1838 0 Tennessee
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee
McCollum v. Smith 19 Tenn. 342 1838 0 Tennessee
Kercheval v. Harney 19 Tenn. 403 1838 0 Tennessee