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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Denton v. Duplessis 12 La. 83 1838 0 Louisiana
Hood v. M'Corkle 12 La. 573 1838 0 Louisiana
Mason v. Mason's Widow & Heirs 12 La. 589 1838 0 Louisiana
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 North Carolina
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Louisiana
Thompson v. Thompson 3 Miss. 737 1838 0 Mississippi
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lopez's Heirs v. Bergel 12 La. 197 1838 0 Louisiana
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Louisiana
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Alabama
Vawter v. Gill 12 La. 423 1838 0 Louisiana
Pannell's Heirs v. Overton 12 La. 555 1838 0 Louisiana
Caton v. Carter 9 G. & J. 476 1838 0 Maryland
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee