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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bennett v. Flowers 18 N.C. 467 1836 0 North Carolina
Gibbons v. Dunn 18 N.C. 446 1836 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 21 N.C. 379 1836 0 North Carolina
Knight v. Leak 19 N.C. 133 1836 0 North Carolina
Black v. Ray 21 N.C. 443 1836 0 North Carolina
Alston v. Hamlin 19 N.C. 115 1836 0 North Carolina
Reed v. Brashers 3 Port. 378 1836 0 Alabama
State v. Ritchie 19 N.C. 29 1836 0 North Carolina
Simms v. Garrot 21 N.C. 393 1836 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Hill 21 N.C. 389 1836 0 North Carolina
M'Kay v. Williams 21 N.C. 398 1836 0 North Carolina
Toler v. Pender 21 N.C. 445 1836 0 North Carolina
Neely v. Torian 21 N.C. 410 1836 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Handley 34 Va. 119 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mahon v. Johnston 34 Va. 317 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Berry v. Hale 2 Miss. 315 1836 0 Mississippi
Commonwealth v. Aves 35 Mass. 193 1836 0 Civil Massachusetts
Smith's Executors v. Mabry 17 Tenn. 313 1836 0 Tennessee
Patterson v. Franklin 34 Va. 590 1836 0 SC of Appeals VA
Thompson v. Todd 19 N.C. 63 1836 0 North Carolina