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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 North Carolina
Young v. Gibson 2 Tex. 417 1847 0 Texas
Dalton v. Houston 58 N.C. 401 1860 0 North Carolina
Sleight v. Watson 53 N.C. 10 1860 0 North Carolina
Hedrick v. Wagoner 53 N.C. 360 1861 0 North Carolina
Holderness v. Palmer 57 N.C. 107 1858 0 North Carolina
Holt v. Hogan 58 N.C. 82 1859 0 North Carolina
Carroll v. Hancock 48 N.C. 471 1856 0 North Carolina
Denson v. Thompson 19 Ark. 66 1857 0 Arkansas
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Arkansas
Fenter v. Obaugh 17 Ark. 71 1856 0 Arkansas
Crabb's Administrator v. Thomas 25 Ala. 212 1854 0 Alabama
Hinton v. Powell 54 N.C. 230 1854 0 North Carolina
Succession of Ewing v. Altmeyer 15 La. Ann. 416 1860 0 Louisiana
Nicholls v. Holmes 46 N.C. 360 1854 0 North Carolina
Lehman v. Logan 42 N.C. 296 1851 0 North Carolina
Gregory v. Williams 24 Ark. 177 1866 0 Arkansas
McEntire v. McEntire 43 N.C. 297 1852 0 North Carolina
Williams v. Wilson 32 N.C. 482 1849 0 North Carolina
Ferrand v. Howard 38 N.C. 381 1844 0 North Carolina