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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Puryear v. Puryear 12 Ala. 13 1847 0 Alabama
Anderson v. Hammond 5 Gill 461 1847 0 Maryland
Osburn v. Curtis 2 La. Ann. 764 1847 0 Louisiana
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581 1847 0 Tennessee
Denton v. Willcox 2 La. Ann. 60 1847 0 Louisiana
Forbes v. Forbes 5 Gill 29 1847 0 Maryland
Weeks v. Weeks 40 N.C. 111 1847 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Avent 40 N.C. 47 1847 0 North Carolina
Love v. Raper 39 N.C. 475 1847 0 North Carolina
Thompson v. Ford 29 N.C. 420 1847 0 North Carolina
Carr v. Holliday 40 N.C. 167 1847 0 North Carolina
Hall, McRae & Co. v. Woodside 30 N.C. 119 1847 0 North Carolina
Folk v. Whitley 30 N.C. 133 1847 0 North Carolina
Sanders v. Smallwood 30 N.C. 125 1847 0 North Carolina
Donnell v. Mateer's Ex'rs 40 N.C. 7 1847 0 North Carolina
Small v. Pool 30 N.C. 47 1847 0 North Carolina
Rea v. Rhodes 40 N.C. 148 1847 0 North Carolina
Bennett v. Williamson 30 N.C. 121 1847 0 North Carolina
Bookout v. Anderson 2 La. Ann. 246 1847 0 Louisiana
Copley v. Sanford 2 La. Ann. 335 1847 0 Louisiana