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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 North Carolina
Reid v. Edwards 7 Port. 508 1838 0 Alabama
Goodwin v. Lloyd 8 Port. 237 1838 0 Alabama
Sims v. Hundly 3 Miss. 896 1838 0 Mississippi
Pearson v. Taylor 20 N.C. 60 1838 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Hicks 1 Ark. 232 1838 0 Arkansas
Greene v. Linton 7 Port. 133 1838 0 Alabama
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Allen v. McCoy 8 Ohio 418 1838 1 Ohio
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
French v. Hall 9 N.H. 137 1838 1 New Hampshire
Oakey v. Beauvais 11 La. 487 1838 1 Louisiana
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Terrill v. Chambers 12 La. 582 1838 0 Louisiana
Conolly v. Bertrand 12 La. 313 1838 0 Louisiana
Bourg v. Trahan's Heirs 12 La. 278 1838 0 Louisiana
Mulhollan v. Huie 12 La. 241 1838 0 Louisiana
Tatum v. Tatum 36 N.C. 113 1838 0 North Carolina