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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
James v. Stiggins 13 Ala. 830 1848 0 Alabama
Huntington v. Adams 12 Ala. 834 1848 0 Alabama
Bruner v. Sherley 27 Miss. 407 1854 0 Mississippi
Moody v. Harper 28 Miss. 615 1855 0 Mississippi
Newman v. Montgomery 6 Miss. 742 1841 0 Mississippi
Barry v. Kimball 12 La. Ann. 372 1857 0 Louisiana
Twitty v. Camp 62 N.C. 61 1866 0 North Carolina
Leggett v. Coffield 58 N.C. 382 1860 0 North Carolina
McRary v. Fries 57 N.C. 233 1858 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 North Carolina
Clement v. Clement 54 N.C. 184 1854 0 North Carolina
Washburn v. Humphreys 35 N.C. 88 1851 0 North Carolina
Hobbs v. Bush 19 N.C. 508 1837 0 North Carolina
Arnold v. Arnold 17 N.C. 467 1833 0 North Carolina
Petty v. Harmon 16 N.C. 191 1828 0 North Carolina
Dyer v. Rich 5 N.C. 610 1816 0 North Carolina
Millison v. Nicholson 1 N.C. 499 1804 0 North Carolina
Hagerty v. Harwell 16 Tex. 663 1856 0 Texas
Gates v. Flint 39 Miss. 365 1860 0 Mississippi
Cheairs v. Smith 37 Miss. 646 1859 0 Mississippi