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Case Name ▲ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Damages, torts, runaway enslaved person Louisiana
Womack v. Smith 30 Tenn. 478 1850 0 Tennessee
Womack v. White 30 Ga. 696 1860 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Womack v. Womack 8 Tex. 397 1852 0 Recovery of slave Texas
Womble v. George 64 N.C. 759 1870 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Wooddy v. Flournoy 20 Va. 506 1820 0 Action of assumpsit SC of Appeals VA
Woodfin v. Asheville Mutual Insurance 51 N.C. 558 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Woodfin v. McNealy 9 Fla. 256 1860 0 Suit for the Value of Property Supreme Court of FL
Woodfin v. Sluder 61 N.C. 200 1867 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Woodfolk v. Sweeper 21 Tenn. 88 1840 0 Tennessee
Woodhouse v. McRae 50 N.C. 1 1857 0 Property interests North Carolina
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151 1854 0 Maryland
Woodley v. Abby 9 Va. 336 1805 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Woodley v. Findlay 9 Ala. 716 1846 0 Detinue Alabama
Woodley v. Gallop 58 N.C. 138 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Woodman v. Mooring 14 N.C. 237 1831 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Woodruff v. Bentley 30 F. Cas. 521 1831 0 Property dispute Arkansas
Woodruff v. Laflin 4 Ark. 527 1842 0 Assumpsit to liquidate damages Arkansas
Woodrum v. Kirkpatrick 2 Swan 218 1852 0 Tennessee
Woodson v. Law 7 Ga. 105 1849 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia