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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sledge’s Adm’rs v. Clopton 6 Ala. 589 1844 0 Use of Enslaved Persons as Collateral Alabama
O'Reilly v. Hendricks 10 Miss. 388 1844 0 Trust property dispute Mississippi
Shattuck v. Young 10 Miss. 30 1844 0 Will & trust Mississippi
McAlister v. Marberry 23 Tenn. 426 1844 0 Tennessee
Leigh v. Smith 38 N.C. 442 1844 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Heathman v. Joseph Hall 38 N.C. 414 1844 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Gordon v. Holland 38 N.C. 362 1844 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 27 N.C. 136 1844 1 North Carolina
Den on demise of Smith v. Low 27 N.C. 197 1844 1 North Carolina
Hogan v. Nicholson 6 Rob. 361 1844 1 Louisiana
Cowan v. Tucker 27 N.C. 78 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Thompson v. Newlin 38 N.C. 338 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Thompson v. State 24 Tenn. 138 1844 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Long v. Norcom 26 N.C. 255 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Smith & Burwell 42 Va. 554 1844 0 Indictment for selling liquor to slaves General Ct. of VA
Winston v. Metcalf 6 Ala. 756 1844 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Godfrey v. Hays 6 Ala. 501 1844 0 Contract dispute Alabama
Clarke v. Curtis 42 Va. 289 1844 1 Virginia
Phœbe v. Boggess 42 Va. 129 1844 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Tyler v. Their Creditors 9 Rob. 372 1844 1 Louisiana