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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Rosser 37 Ga. 353 1867 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Reid 51 N.C. 494 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Porter 16 La. Ann. 370 1861 0 Property, Wills Louisiana
Smith v. Parker 3 D.C. 654 1829 0 Contracts United States
Smith v. Nettles 9 La. Ann. 455 1854 0 Probate, sales, mortgages, obligations, contracts Louisiana
Smith v. Morgan 8 Gill 133 1849 0 Maryland
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Issue of an enslaved individual owner since the birth of a first child was promised to another but the firstborn was stillborn Delaware
Smith v. Metcalf 38 Tenn. 64 1858 0 Tennessee
Smith v. McWaters 7 La. Ann. 145 1852 0 Petitory action, sales, prescription Louisiana
Smith v. McDowell 3 Rob. 430 1843 0 Sales, recission, redhibition, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Smith v. McCrary 38 N.C. 204 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Martin 59 N.C. 179 1861 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Smith v. Kennard's Executor 38 Ala. 695 1863 0 Recovery of Legacies Alabama
Smith v. Hines 10 Fla. 258 1864 0 Distribuion of Slaves to Legal Heirs Supreme Court of FL
Smith v. Henry 35 Miss. 369 1858 0 Conveyance of slaves Mississippi
Smith v. Harrison 49 Tenn. 230 1871 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Hargrave 10 N.C. 560 1825 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Smith v. Executors of Smith 23 Ga. 21 1857 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Smith v. Edwards 2 H. & G. 411 1828 0 0 Maryland
Smith v. Dunwoody 19 Ga. 237 1856 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia