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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bethune v. Terry 36 N.C. 397 1841 0 North Carolina
Threadgill v. Ingram 23 N.C. 577 1841 0 North Carolina
Matthis v. Rhea 23 N.C. 394 1841 0 North Carolina
Rowland's Administrator v. Rowland 24 N.C. 61 1841 0 North Carolina
Reynolds v. Magness' Executors 24 N.C. 26 1841 0 North Carolina
Sellars v. Ashford 37 N.C. 104 1841 0 North Carolina
Watson v. Cox 36 N.C. 389 1841 0 North Carolina
Edwards v. Martin's Heirs 19 La. 284 1841 0 Louisiana
Hearne v. Kevan & Hamilton 37 N.C. 34 1841 0 North Carolina
McNamara v. Kerns 24 N.C. 66 1841 0 North Carolina
Little v. Marsh 37 N.C. 18 1841 0 North Carolina
McDonald v. Aubert 17 La. 448 1841 0 Louisiana
Zacharie v. Winter 17 La. 76 1841 0 Louisiana
Samory v. Hebrard 17 La. 555 1841 0 Louisiana
Dupuy v. Dashiell 17 La. 60 1841 0 Louisiana
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Lesseps v. Pontchartrain Railroad 17 La. 361 1841 0 Louisiana
Barrett v. Bullard 19 La. 281 1841 0 Louisiana
Sims v. Canfield 2 Ala. 555 1841 0 Alabama
Penalta v. Borges' Executor 18 La. 348 1841 0 Louisiana