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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mason v. Bond & Co. 36 Va. 73 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Potter v. Coward 19 Tenn. 22 1838 0 Tennessee
Steel v. Worthington 7 Port. 266 1838 0 Alabama
Kneeland v. Ensley 19 Tenn. 620 1838 0 Tennessee
Parks v. Hewlett 36 Va. 183 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lightfoot v. Strother 36 Va. 163 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Allen v. Sarah 2 Del. 434 1838 0 Delaware
Handly v. Snodgrass 36 Va. 174 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
Erskine v. Henry 36 Va. 75 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
State ex rel. Wroth v. Nicols 10 G. & J. 27 1838 0 Maryland
Hynson v. Terry 1 Ark. 83 1838 0 Arkansas
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 North Carolina
Trotter v. Blocker 6 Port. 269 1838 0 Alabama
Cunningham ex rel. Remington v. Offutt 5 D.C. 524 1838 0 United States
Harrington v. Harrington 3 Miss. 701 1838 0 Mississippi
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 United States
Atkinson v. Robinson 36 Va. 144 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Gambling v. Read 19 Tenn. 281 1838 0 Tennessee