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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Doe 33 Md. 442 1871 0 Maryland
Smith v. Davis 30 N.C. 508 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Smith v. Daniel 7 N.C. 128 1819 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Smith v. Cozart 39 Tenn. 526 1859 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Commonwealth 47 Va. 696 1849 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 37 Va. 695 1840 0 Larceny of a slave General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Commonwealth 48 Va. 593 1850 0 Advising and Aiding a slave to escape General Ct. of VA
Smith v. Chapman 11 Va. 240 1807 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Cameron 33 N.C. 572 1850 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Billing 3 D.C. 355 1828 0 Jurisdiction United States
Smith v. Barham 17 N.C. 420 1833 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Allen 39 Miss. 469 1860 0 Recovery of enslaved man in posession of creditors Mississippi
Smith v. Adams 27 Tex. 28 1863 0 Texas
Smith's Adm'r v. Betty 52 Va. 752 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Smith & Co. v. Zurcher 9 Ala. 208 1846 0 Trial to determine ownership of enslaved person Alabama
Smelser v. State 31 Tex. 95 1868 0 Texas
Smart v. Baugh 26 Ky. 363 1830 0 Wills & Estates Kentucky
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 Parol Evidence United States