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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McNamara v. Kerns 24 N.C. 66 1841 0 North Carolina
Hearne v. Kevan & Hamilton 37 N.C. 34 1841 0 North Carolina
Devereux v. Dunn 37 N.C. 206 1842 0 North Carolina
Baldridge v. Allen 24 N.C. 206 1842 0 North Carolina
Watson v. Cox 36 N.C. 389 1841 0 North Carolina
Shewalter v. Ford 34 Miss. 417 1857 0 Mississippi
Long v. Baugas 24 N.C. 290 1842 0 North Carolina
Sellars v. Ashford 37 N.C. 104 1841 0 North Carolina
Rowland's Administrator v. Rowland 24 N.C. 61 1841 0 North Carolina
Matthis v. Rhea 23 N.C. 394 1841 0 North Carolina
Taylor v. Kelly 31 Ala. 59 1857 0 Alabama
Felder v. Harper 12 Ala. 612 1847 0 Alabama
Parker v. Hinson 36 N.C. 381 1841 0 North Carolina
Cobb v. Fogalman 23 N.C. 440 1841 0 North Carolina
Brisbane v. Mitchell 8 Serg. & Rawle 423 1822 0 Civil SC of PA.
Garner v. Smith 7 Gill 1 1848 0 Maryland
Phoebe v. Jay 1 Ill. 268 1828 0 Civil Illinois
White v. White 36 N.C. 441 1841 0 North Carolina
Gunn v. McAden 37 N.C. 79 1841 0 North Carolina
Dement v. Scott 39 Tenn. 367 1859 0 Tennessee