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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Thomas 22 N.C. 126 1838 0 North Carolina
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 North Carolina
Popelston v. Skinner 20 N.C. 156 1838 0 North Carolina
Yerby v. Grigsby 36 Va. 142 1838 1 Virginia
Dey v. Williams 22 N.C. 66 1838 0 North Carolina
Parker v. Vick 22 N.C. 195 1838 0 North Carolina
Couch v. Campbell 6 Port. 262 1838 0 Alabama
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Alabama
Vann v. Hargett 22 N.C. 31 1838 0 North Carolina
Foscue v. Foscue 22 N.C. 65 1838 0 North Carolina
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lamb v. Gatlin 22 N.C. 37 1838 0 North Carolina
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Alabama
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 United States
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 Delaware
Locke v. Armstrong 22 N.C. 147 1838 0 North Carolina
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 North Carolina