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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 North Carolina
Foscue v. Foscue 22 N.C. 65 1838 0 North Carolina
Lamb v. Trogden 22 N.C. 190 1838 0 North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 North Carolina
Ricks v. Dillahunty 8 Port. 133 1838 0 Alabama
Copewood v. Taylor's adm'r 7 Port. 33 1838 0 Alabama
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Delaware
Hinds v. Brazealle 3 Miss. 837 1838 0 Mississippi
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Alabama
Brou v. Kohn 12 La. 102 1838 0 Louisiana
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Alabama
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 North Carolina
Vann v. Hargett 22 N.C. 31 1838 0 North Carolina
Phillips v. Hicks 1 Ark. 245 1838 0 Arkansas
Brown v. Hicks 1 Ark. 232 1838 0 Arkansas
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Arkansas