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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Cheney v. Duke 10 G. & J. 11 1838 0 Maryland
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Stewart v. Miller 19 Tenn. 574 1838 0 Tennessee
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Hawkins 8 Port. 461 1839 0 Alabama
Crawford v. Moses 37 Va. 277 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Banks v. Wilks 20 Tenn. 279 1839 0 Tennessee
Franklin Bank v. Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. 11 G. & J. 28 1839 0 Maryland
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Marr v. Rucker 20 Tenn. 348 1839 0 Tennessee