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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Anderson v. Burke 14 Miss. 475 1846 0 Assusmpit for wages Mississippi
Purvis v. Brown 39 N.C. 413 1846 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Ansley v. Carlos 9 Ala. 973 1846 0 Right of Property Alabama
Brooke v. Croxton 43 Va. 507 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Gaines v. Smiley 15 Miss. 53 1846 0 Estate dispute Mississippi
Napier v. Cook 9 Ala. 838 1846 0 Detinue for property Alabama
Terry v. Woods 14 Miss. 139 1846 0 Mortgage dispute Mississippi
Brashear v. Williams 10 Ala. 630 1846 0 Right of Property Alabama
Ward v. Bevill 10 Ala. 197 1846 0 Property dispute Alabama
Hodge v. Wyatt 10 Ala. 271 1846 0 Action to recover enslaved person Alabama
Turner v. Campbell 44 Va. 77 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Edrington v. League 1 Tex. 64 1846 0 Action to redeem value of slave Texas
Harrison v. Harrison 9 Ala. 470 1846 0 Emancipation of Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Clayton v. Liverman 29 N.C. 92 1846 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Boyd's Ex'ors v. Boyd's Heirs 44 Va. 113 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rivers v. Dubose 10 Ala. 475 1846 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Stubblefield v. Oden 9 Ala. 651 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Thompson v. Williams 15 Miss. 270 1846 0 Levy on slaves Mississippi
Pinkston v. Greene 9 Ala. 19 1846 0 Trespass Alabama