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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hauser v. Lash 22 N.C. 212 1839 0 North Carolina
Buffalow v. Buffalow 22 N.C. 241 1839 0 North Carolina
Governor ex rel. Lanning v. Harrison 20 N.C. 461 1839 0 North Carolina
Drake v. Bayliss 20 Tenn. 174 1839 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Story 20 Tenn. 420 1839 0 Tennessee
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lewis v. Smith 20 N.C. 326 1839 0 North Carolina
Ponton v. McLemor 22 N.C. 285 1839 0 North Carolina
Waters v. Duvall 11 G. & J. 37 1839 0 Maryland
Hatton v. Weems 10 G. & J. 377 1839 0 Maryland
Peyton v. Smith 22 N.C. 325 1839 0 North Carolina
Sutton v. Crain 10 G. & J. 458 1839 0 Maryland
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
State v. Wisdom 8 Port. 511 1839 0 Alabama
Fisher & Johnson v. Campbell 9 Port. 210 1839 0 Alabama
Mayor of Columbia v. Beasly 20 Tenn. 232 1839 0 Tennessee
Richardson v. Thompson 20 Tenn. 151 1839 0 Tennessee
White v. White 20 N.C. 427 1839 0 North Carolina
Walton v. Avery 22 N.C. 405 1839 0 North Carolina
Hales v. Griffin 22 N.C. 425 1839 0 North Carolina