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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Vaughan v. Dickens 22 N.C. 52 1838 0 North Carolina
Wynns v. Alexander 22 N.C. 58 1838 0 North Carolina
Hooper v. Hooper 20 N.C. 150 1838 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Pass 20 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina
Phillips v. Hicks 1 Ark. 245 1838 0 Arkansas
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 United States
Bradshaw v. Ellis 22 N.C. 20 1838 0 North Carolina
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Tazewell v. McCandlish 37 Va. 116 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Arkansas
Rochelle v. Harrison 8 Port. 351 1839 0 Alabama
Danley v. Edwards 1 Ark. 437 1839 0 Arkansas
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
Adams v. Bell 13 La. 555 1839 0 Louisiana
Tourney v. Sinclair 4 Miss. 324 1839 0 Mississippi
Findlay v. Hickman 37 Va. 354 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Case of Williams 29 F. Cas. 1334 1839 0 Civil District Court, E.D. PA.
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 124 1839 0 Louisiana
Gibson v. Huie 14 La. 129 1839 0 Louisiana