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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hall v. M'Henry 5 Port. 123 1837 0 Alabama
Penny v. Toulouse 11 La. 109 1837 0 Louisiana
State v. Coleman 5 Port. 32 1837 0 Alabama
Payne v. Lassiter 18 Tenn. 507 1837 0 Tennessee
Portis v. Creagh 4 Port. 332 1837 0 Alabama
Thurman v. Shelton 18 Tenn. 383 1837 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Turner 18 Tenn. 287 1837 0 Tennessee
Willis v. Hill 19 N.C. 231 1837 0 North Carolina
Birney v. State 8 Ohio 230 1837 0 Criminal Ohio
Neely v. Wood 18 Tenn. 486 1837 0 Tennessee
Baird v. Brady 19 N.C. 341 1837 0 North Carolina
Cox v. Murphey 19 N.C. 257 1837 0 North Carolina
Beale v. Seiveley 35 Va. 658 1837 1 Virginia
Callaway v. Alexander 35 Va. 114 1837 1 Virginia
Orso v. Orso 11 La. 61 1837 0 Louisiana
M'Connell v. Peobles 21 N.C. 601 1837 0 North Carolina
Rhea v. State 18 Tenn. 258 1837 0 Tennessee
State v. Love 19 N.C. 267 1837 1 North Carolina
Strickland v. Fowler 21 N.C. 629 1837 0 North Carolina
Lewis's Adm'rs v. Farrish & Stamp's Administrators 2 Miss. 547 1837 0 Mississippi