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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Pegram v. May 36 Va. 71 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Mississippi
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Caton v. MacTavish 10 G. & J. 192 1838 0 Maryland
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Louisiana
Tournoir v. Tournoir 12 La. 19 1838 0 Louisiana
Pannell's Heirs v. Overton 12 La. 555 1838 0 Louisiana
In re Hannah 2 Del. 365 1838 0 Delaware
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
The Etna 8 F. Cas. 803 1838 0 District Court, D. Maine
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA