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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Nichols v. Palmer 5 N.C. 436 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
West v. Dubberly 4 N.C. 38 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dyer v. Rich 5 N.C. 610 1816 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Singstack's Ex'rs. v. Harding 4 H. & J. 186 1816 0 Maryland
Allen v. Gentry 5 N.C. 609 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Jordan v. Jordan's Ex'or 5 N.C. 409 1816 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Littlejohn v. Underhill's Executor 5 N.C. 574 1816 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Drew's Ex'rs v. Drew 5 N.C. 437 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Dunwoodie's Ex'ors v. Carrington 5 N.C. 469 1816 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Garth's Executors v. Barksdale 19 Va. 101 1816 0 Action of trespass SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Holloway 2 Serg. & Rawle 305 1816 0 Fugitive Slave Action for damages SC of PA.
Britton v. Browne 5 N.C. 447 1816 0 Sales North Carolina
Stovall v. London 19 Va. 299 1816 0 Suit for specific performance SC of Appeals VA
Scidmore v. Smith 13 Johns. 322 1816 0 Trespass for harboring slave SC of New York
Cheatwood v. Mayo 19 Va. 16 1816 0 Action for words (slander) SC of Appeals VA
Thomas v. Soper 19 Va. 28 1816 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Inhabitants of Andover v. Inhabitants of Canton 13 Mass. 547 1816 0 Assusmpsit to recover expenses Massachusetts
Morgan v. M'Gowan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 209 1816 0 Sales, contracts, redhibition, breach, recission, recordation, damages, property Louisiana
Labranche v. Watkins 4 Mart. (o.s.) 391 1816 0 Runaway enslaved person, sales, petitory action, evidence, prescription, fraud Louisiana
Bore's ex'r. v. Quierry's ex'r. 4 Mart. (o.s.) 545 1816 0 Partnership, property, cohabitation, successions, wills, sales, evidence, contracts Louisiana