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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Murphy v. Ray 73 N.C. 588 1875 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Sayers v. Wall 67 Va. 354 1875 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Gregory 67 Va. 248 1875 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Zirkle v. McCue 67 Va. 517 1875 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Wood v. Sampson's Ex'or 66 Va. 845 1875 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Whitley v. Alexander 73 N.C. 444 1875 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Jones v. Parker 55 Ga. 11 1875 0 levy for land and property Georgia
New v. Potts 55 Ga. 420 1875 0 Will and executor Supreme Court of Georgia
Murphy v. Partee 66 Tenn. 373 1874 0 Tennessee
Johnston v. Turner 29 Ark. 280 1874 0 Petition for homestead Arkansas
Tudor v. James 53 Ga. 302 1874 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
In re Jones 13 F. Cas. 927 1874 0 United States
Swan v. Finney 63 Tenn. 26 1874 0 Tennessee
State v. Whitfield 70 N.C. 356 1874 0 Larceny North Carolina
Webb v. Keller 26 La. Ann. 596 1874 0 Property Louisiana
Dudley v. Witter 51 Ala. 456 1874 0 Will & trust Alabama
Watson v. Blackwood 50 Miss. 15 1874 0 Whether an enslaved man given as a gift should be factored in to sale of estate Mississippi
Gleaves v. Wilson 63 Tenn. 54 1874 0 Tennessee
Fields v. Carney 63 Tenn. 137 1874 0 Tennessee
McLean v. Elliot 26 La. Ann. 385 1874 0 Property/"Slave consideration" Louisiana