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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hays v. Hays 20 Tenn. 402 1839 0 Tennessee
Charles v. Elliott 20 N.C. 468 1839 0 North Carolina
State v. Duncan 9 Port. 260 1839 0 Alabama
Elijah v. State 20 Tenn. 102 1839 0 Tennessee
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Utley v. Rawlins 22 N.C. 438 1839 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. Mobley 20 N.C. 323 1839 0 North Carolina
Twiss v. Martin's Administrators 20 Tenn. 189 1839 0 Tennessee
Hauser v. Lash 22 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Burlingham v. Belding 21 Wend. 463 1839 0 Civil SC of Judicature of New York
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Fanny v. State 6 Mo. 122 1839 0 Missouri
Hatton v. Weems 10 G. & J. 377 1839 0 Maryland
Floyd v. Thompson 20 N.C. 478 1839 0 North Carolina
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
Pickard v. Brewer 22 N.C. 428 1839 0 North Carolina
Franklin Bank v. Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland Steam Navigation Co. 11 G. & J. 28 1839 0 Maryland
Den on dem. Zollicoffer v. Zollicoffer 20 N.C. 438 1839 0 North Carolina