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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Keys v. Nettles 12 La. 381 1838 0 Louisiana
Blount v. Syms 12 La. 173 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
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Louisiana
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
Henderson v. Bryan 12 La. 10 1838 0 Louisiana
Caldwell v. Smith 20 N.C. 64 1838 0 North Carolina
Muse v. Yarbórough 11 La. 521 1838 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mourain v. Devall 12 La. 93 1838 0 Louisiana
Pegram v. May 36 Va. 71 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Leeds v. Yeatman 12 La. 383 1838 0 Louisiana
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Mississippi
Fisk v. Hart 11 La. 479 1838 0 Louisiana
Levy v. Levy 11 La. 577 1838 0 Louisiana
Phillips v. Short 2 Del. 339 1838 0 Delaware
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA