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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hawkins ex rel. Mundell v. Bowie 9 G. & J. 428 1838 0 Maryland
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee
Tapp's Adm'r v. Rankin 36 Va. 172 1838 1 Virginia
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 North Carolina
Gray v. Crocheron 8 Port. 191 1838 0 Alabama
Dearin v. Fitzpatrick 19 Tenn. 551 1838 0 Tennessee
Whitehead v. Middleton 3 Miss. 692 1838 1 Mississippi
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 North Carolina
Burkhead v. Colson 22 N.C. 77 1838 0 North Carolina
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Louisiana
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Louisiana
Ned v. State 7 Port. 187 1838 0 Alabama
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
McKisick v. McKisick 19 Tenn. 427 1838 0 Tennessee
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Alabama
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Louisiana
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Alabama
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Alabama