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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chandler v. Byrd 1 Ark. 152 1838 0 Arkansas
Tindal v. Hudson 2 Del. 441 1838 0 Delaware
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Botts v. Armstrong 8 Port. 57 1838 0 Alabama
Hines v. Spruill 22 N.C. 93 1838 0 North Carolina
McLin v. McNamara 22 N.C. 82 1838 1 North Carolina
Owen v. Boyle 15 Me. 147 1838 1 Maine
Crockett v. Crockett 19 Tenn. 95 1838 1 Tennessee
Yarborough v. Abernathy 19 Tenn. 413 1838 1 Tennessee
Craighead v. State Bank 19 Tenn. 199 1838 1 Tennessee
Jordan v. Black 19 Tenn. 142 1838 0 Tennessee
Chunn v. Chunn 19 Tenn. 131 1838 0 Tennessee
Jacob v. Sharp 19 Tenn. 114 1838 0 Tennessee
Jones v. State 19 Tenn. 120 1838 0 Tennessee
Hunt v. Davis 20 N.C. 42 1838 0 North Carolina
Bell v. McCormick 5 D.C. 398 1838 0 United States
Smith v. Garey 22 N.C. 42 1838 0 North Carolina
Popelston v. Skinner 20 N.C. 156 1838 0 North Carolina
Minor v. Stewart 3 Miss. 912 1838 0 Mississippi
Weedon v. Wallace 19 Tenn. 286 1838 0 Tennessee