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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Beard v. Childress 4 Ala. 411 1842 0 Detinue for Two Enslaved Persons Alabama
Bell v. Rhodes 3 F. Cas. 120 1842 0 Freedom Petition United States
Green v. Harris 25 N.C. 210 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Abrahams v. Commonwealth 40 Va. 675 1842 0 ? General Ct. of VA
Blackledge v. Clark 24 N.C. 394 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Pyeatt v. Spencer 4 Ark. 563 1842 0 Breach of warranty Arkansas
Robinson v. Calloway 4 Ark. 94 1842 0 Property post-death dispute Arkansas
Mayho v. Sears 25 N.C. 224 1842 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cannon v. Peebles 24 N.C. 449 1842 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Bradley v. Jones 37 N.C. 245 1842 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Lessee of Conoway v. Piper 3 Del. 482 1842 0 Transferance of two enslaved individual to two different children Delaware
Martin v. Martin 39 Va. 495 1842 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Garrett Ex'or v. Carr 40 Va. 196 1842 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Armstrong v. Huntons 40 Va. 324 1842 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Stinson Ex'or v. Day 40 Va. 435 1842 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Successions, property, mortgages, privileges, sales Louisiana
Malone's Adm'r v. Hobbs 40 Va. 347 1842 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wade v. Green 22 Tenn. 547 1842 0 Tennessee