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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Watson v. Ogburn 22 N.C. 353 1839 0 North Carolina
Munnerlin v. Birmingham 22 N.C. 358 1839 0 North Carolina
Montgomery v. Wynns 20 N.C. 527 1839 0 North Carolina
Wiggs v. Saunders 20 N.C. 480 1839 0 North Carolina
White v. White 20 N.C. 427 1839 0 North Carolina
Maund's Adm'r v. M'Phail 37 Va. 199 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Alabama
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Horsely v. Branch 20 Tenn. 199 1839 0 Tennessee
Deer v. Devin 20 Tenn. 66 1839 0 Tennessee
Johnson v. Mitchell 20 Tenn. 168 1839 0 Tennessee
Murphey v. Goin 20 Tenn. 440 1839 0 Tennessee
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Joyner v. Vincent 20 N.C. 512 1839 0 North Carolina
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 North Carolina
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Louisiana
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 United States
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA