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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 453 1841 0 North Carolina
Satterfield v. Smith 33 N.C. 60 1850 0 North Carolina
Griffin v. Richardson 33 N.C. 439 1850 0 North Carolina
Stringer v. Burcham 34 N.C. 41 1851 0 North Carolina
Melton v. McKesson 35 N.C. 475 1852 0 North Carolina
Sample v. Bell 44 N.C. 338 1853 0 North Carolina
Kendall v. Stoker 45 N.C. 207 1853 0 North Carolina
Robertson v. Roberts 46 N.C. 74 1853 0 North Carolina
Watkins' Adm'r v. Pemberton 47 N.C. 174 1855 0 North Carolina
Dunlap v. Hales 47 N.C. 381 1855 0 North Carolina
Hardy v. Toney 20 Ala. 237 1852 0 Alabama
Walker v. Walker 17 Ala. 396 1850 0 Alabama
Rives v. M'Losky 5 Stew. & P. 330 1834 0 Alabama
Benoit v. Benoit's Heirs 3 La. 223 1832 0 Louisiana
Jagers v. Griffin 43 Miss. 134 1870 0 Mississippi
Davis v. Herndon 39 Miss. 484 1860 0 Mississippi
Ware v. Houghton 41 Miss. 370 1867 0 Mississippi
Baynton v. Finnall 12 Miss. 193 1845 0 Mississippi
Parham v. Randolph 5 Miss. 435 1840 0 Mississippi
Foster v. Alston 7 Miss. 406 1842 0 Mississippi