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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hansbrough's Ex'ors v. Thom 30 Va. 147 1831 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Boyd v. Cook 30 Va. 32 1831 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Rucker's Adm'r v. Gilbert 30 Va. 8 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Madry v. Young 3 La. 160 1831 0 Recordation, sales, parol evidence, conflict of laws, delivery, petitory action, contracts Louisiana
Speight v. Gatling 17 N.C. 5 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Robards v. Wortham 17 N.C. 173 1831 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Atkinson v. Clarke 14 N.C. 171 1831 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Faulkner v. Faulkner's Ex'ors 30 Va. 255 1831 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Bissell v. Bozman 17 N.C. 154 1831 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Winn v. Bob 30 Va. 140 1831 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Morrow v. Williams 14 N.C. 263 1831 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cary v. Gregg 3 Stew. 433 1831 0 Levy on enslaved persons Alabama
Villines v. Norfleet 17 N.C. 167 1831 0 Trusts North Carolina
Hardin's Ex'ors v. Hardin 29 Va. 572 1831 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Butler v. Duvall 4 D.C. 167 1831 0 Slave Importation United States
Mary v. Talburt 4 D.C. 187 1831 0 Freedom Petition United States
Samuel v. Childs 4 D.C. 189 1831 0 Manumission/witnesses United States
Valsain v. Cloutier 3 La. 170 1831 0 Wills, debts, legitimacy, renunciation, property, successions, fraud, lesion, res judicara, filiation, prescription, capacity, emancipation Louisiana
Urie v. Johnston 3 Pen. & W. 212 1831 0 Recovery for work SC of PA.
Hamilton v. Commonwealth 3 Pen. & W. 142 1831 0 Indictment for forcible detainment SC of PA.