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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lamb v. Wragg 8 Port. 73 1838 0 Right of Property Alabama
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Enslaved PersonsFreed in Will, but Heirs to Estate Tried to Retain Hold of Enslaved Persons Alabama
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Redhibition, sales, recission, warranty, damages, personal jurisdiction, property, prescription Louisiana
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Petitory action, community property, capacity Louisiana
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 Sales North Carolina
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Brown v. Commonwealth 29 Va. 769 1839 0 Fraud General Ct of VA
Mordecai v. Beal 8 Port. 529 1839 0 Dispute over Will Alabama
Smith, F. W. C. v. Smith 13 La. 441 1839 0 Freedom suit, conflict of laws, domicil, emancipation Louisiana
Collins v. Lofftus 37 Va. 5 1839 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Moss v. Green 37 Va. 251 1839 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Ruddle's Ex'or v. Ben 37 Va. 467 1839 0 Writ of habeus corpus SC of Appeals VA
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Skinner v. Gunn 9 Port. 305 1839 0 Failure of Consideration Alabama
Hansford v. Mills 9 Port. 509 1839 0 Contract Dispute over Hiring an Enslaved Person Alabama
Cecile v. St. Denis 14 La. 184 1839 0 Sales, fraud, wills, capacity Louisiana