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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Trotter v. Watson 25 Tenn. 509 1846 0 Tennessee
Whitley v. Daniels 28 N.C. 480 1846 0 Indictment for trading with a slave North Carolina
Leake v. Ferguson 43 Va. 419 1846 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Ward v. Bevill 10 Ala. 197 1846 0 Property dispute Alabama
Farnsworth v. Earnest 26 Tenn. 24 1846 0 Tennessee
Shanklin v. Johnson 9 Ala. 271 1846 0 Recovery for earnings Alabama
Ansley v. Carlos 9 Ala. 973 1846 0 Right of Property Alabama
Lessee of Fosdick v. Risk 15 Ohio 84 1846 1 Ohio
Steele v. Knox 10 Ala. 608 1846 0 Settlement of Estate Alabama
Shaw v. Shaw 25 Tenn. 418 1846 0 Tennessee
Runyan v. Morgan 26 Tenn. 210 1846 0 Tennessee
Collins v. McCargo 14 Miss. 128 1846 0 Bill of sale dispute Mississippi
Haygood v. Harris 10 Ala. 291 1846 0 Property dispute Alabama
Caperton v. Huddleston 26 Tenn. 452 1846 0 Tennessee
Carlos v. Ansley 8 Ala. 900 1846 0 Fieri Facias Alabama
Rowland v. Boozer 10 Ala. 690 1846 0 Property dispute Alabama
Simpson v. Simpson 26 Tenn. 275 1846 0 Tennessee
Hodge v. Wyatt 10 Ala. 271 1846 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Runyan v. Caldwell 7 Hum. 134 1846 0 Tennessee
Fitzpatrick v. School Commissioners 26 Tenn. 224 1846 0 Tennessee