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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Lockhart v. Lockhart 56 N.C. 205 1857 0 North Carolina
Wheeler v. Piper 56 N.C. 249 1857 0 North Carolina
Largent v. Berry 48 N.C. 531 1856 0 North Carolina
Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van Vacter 38 Miss. 476 1860 0 Mississippi
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 North Carolina
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 North Carolina
Liptrot v. Holmes 1 Ga. 381 1846 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Maddox v. Simmons & Griffin 31 Ga. 512 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Nevitt v. Bacon 32 Miss. 212 1856 0 Mississippi
Garrison v. Brice 48 N.C. 85 1855 0 North Carolina
Brock v. King 48 N.C. 45 1855 0 North Carolina
Newell v. Cowan 30 Miss. 492 1855 0 Mississippi
Freeman v. Dwiggins 55 N.C. 162 1855 0 North Carolina
Philips v. Wheeler 10 Tex. 536 1853 0 Texas
Wilson v. Hendricks 54 N.C. 295 1854 0 North Carolina
Pickersgill v. Brown 7 La. Ann. 297 1852 0 Louisiana
Uzzle v. Wood 54 N.C. 226 1854 0 North Carolina
Robinson v. Varnell 16 Tex. 382 1856 0 Texas
Stewart v. Sowles 3 La. Ann. 464 1848 0 Louisiana
United States v. Libby 26 F. Cas. 928 1846 0 Criminal Circuit Court, D. Maine