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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Dearman v. Dearman 4 Ala. 521 1842 0 Alabama
Abernathy v. Hoke 37 N.C. 157 1842 0 North Carolina
Sydney v. State 22 Tenn. 478 1842 0 Tennessee
Pope v. Eakin 22 Tenn. 413 1842 0 Tennessee
Adams v. Hayes 24 N.C. 361 1842 0 North Carolina
Greenlow v. Rawlings 22 Tenn. 90 1842 0 Tennessee
Pitts v. Curtis 4 Ala. 350 1842 0 Alabama
Moore's Administrator v. Barrow's Executor 24 N.C. 436 1842 0 North Carolina
Lyons ex rel. Farmers' Bank of Virginia v. Kenner 2 Rob. 50 1842 0 Louisiana
Pyeatt v. Spencer 4 Ark. 563 1842 0 Arkansas
Gregory v. Murrell 37 N.C. 233 1842 0 North Carolina
Morrison v. Kennedy 37 N.C. 379 1842 0 North Carolina
Succession of Field 3 Rob. 5 1842 0 Louisiana
Womack v. Nicholson 3 Rob. 248 1842 0 Louisiana
Beard v. Childress 4 Ala. 411 1842 0 Alabama
Terrell v. Cutrer 1 Rob. 367 1842 0 Louisiana
Malone v. Barker 2 Rob. 369 1842 0 Louisiana
Green v. Harris 25 N.C. 210 1842 0 North Carolina
Chambers v. Mauldin 4 Ala. 477 1842 0 Alabama
Williams v. Haney 3 Ala. 371 1842 0 Alabama