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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Garey 22 N.C. 42 1838 0 North Carolina
Hunt v. Davis 20 N.C. 42 1838 0 North Carolina
Bunting v. Ricks 22 N.C. 130 1838 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Thomas 22 N.C. 126 1838 0 North Carolina
Gatlin v. Darden 21 N.C. 72 1835 0 North Carolina
Yarborough v. President & Directors of the State Bank 13 N.C. 23 1828 0 North Carolina
Allen v. Miles 36 Miss. 640 1859 0 Mississippi
Wright's Heirs v. Ware 50 Ala. 549 1874 0 Alabama
Watkins v. Quarles 23 Ark. 179 1861 0 Arkansas
Jones v. Fort 36 Ala. 449 1860 0 Alabama
Beers v. Rhea 5 Tex. 349 1849 0 Texas
Batten v. Faulk 49 N.C. 233 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Cherry 33 N.C. 475 1850 0 North Carolina
Seevers v. Hamilton 6 Iowa 199 1858 0 Iowa
Fossett v. Turnage 28 Tenn. 686 1849 0 Tennessee
William v. Van Zandt 3 D.C. 55 1826 0 United States
Holmes v. Bacon 28 Miss. 607 1855 0 Mississippi
Gober v. Gober 3 N.C. 170 1802 0 North Carolina
Green v. Creighton 18 Miss. 159 1848 0 Mississippi
Concklin v. Havens 12 Johns. 314 1815 0 Civil SC of New York