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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina
Falls v. Gaither 9 Port. 605 1839 0 Alabama
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
Cloud v. Martin 22 N.C. 274 1839 0 North Carolina
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 North Carolina
Sims v. Adm'r of Sims 8 Port. 449 1839 0 Alabama
M'Cutchen's Adm'rs v. M'Cutchen 9 Port. 650 1839 0 Alabama
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Dicken v. Cotton 22 N.C. 272 1839 0 North Carolina
Chambers v. Hise 22 N.C. 305 1839 0 North Carolina
Lowe v. Weatherley 20 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Milman 2 Del. 497 1839 0 Delaware
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Alabama
Payne v. Sale 22 N.C. 455 1839 0 North Carolina
Utley v. Rawlins 22 N.C. 438 1839 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Mobley 20 N.C. 323 1839 0 North Carolina
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee