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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Coots v. Morton's 5 D.C. 409 1838 0 United States
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Mississippi
Jennings v. Corporation of Washington 5 D.C. 512 1838 0 United States
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Weaver v. Tapscott 36 Va. 155 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Wilson v. Alexander 36 Va. 166 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Cheatham v. Burfoot 36 Va. 206 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Miars v. Bedgood Ex'or of Fulgham 36 Va. 133 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Browne's Adm'r 36 Va. 111 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Hairston v. Woods 36 Va. 115 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Deane v. Hansford 36 Va. 98 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Thompson v. Thompson 3 Miss. 737 1838 0 Mississippi
Traverso v. Row 11 La. 494 1838 0 Louisiana
George v. Fitzgerald 12 La. 604 1838 0 Louisiana
Van Kleeck v. Dutch Church 20 Wend. 457 1838 0 Civil Court for the Correction of Errors of New York
Henderson v. Henderson's Administrator 5 D.C. 469 1838 0 United States
Singleton v. Gayle 8 Port. 270 1838 0 Alabama
Foscue v. Foscue 22 N.C. 65 1838 0 North Carolina