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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Logan v. Simmons 38 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina
Christmas v. Mitchell 38 N.C. 535 1845 0 North Carolina
Cheaires v. Alderson 26 Tenn. 273 1846 0 Tennessee
Cowles v. Buchanan 38 N.C. 374 1844 0 North Carolina
Robinson v. Bishop & Wife 23 Ark. 378 1861 0 Arkansas
Strayhorn v. Giles 22 Ark. 517 1861 0 Arkansas
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Duffy v. Averitt 27 N.C. 455 1845 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Reed 26 N.C. 152 1843 0 North Carolina
Maddox vs. Negroes Price 17 Md. 413 1861 0 Maryland
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Guyther v. Taylor 38 N.C. 323 1844 0 North Carolina
Simpson's Executors v. Boswell 27 N.C. 49 1844 0 North Carolina
McGee v. Hussey 27 N.C. 255 1844 0 North Carolina
McBride v. Choate 37 N.C. 610 1843 0 North Carolina
Van Winkle v. Smith 26 Miss. 491 1853 0 Mississippi
Overby v. Harris 38 N.C. 253 1844 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Oliver 38 N.C. 369 1844 0 North Carolina
Webster v. Smith 6 La. Ann. 719 1851 0 Louisiana
MacLin v. Smith 37 N.C. 371 1842 0 North Carolina