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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Smith v. Castrix 27 N.C. 518 1845 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 38 N.C. 522 1845 0 North Carolina
Kean v. Welch 42 Va. 404 1845 0 SC of Appeals VA
Logan v. Simmons 38 N.C. 487 1845 0 North Carolina
Skinner v. Barrow 27 N.C. 414 1845 0 North Carolina
Rea v. Alexander 27 N.C. 644 1845 0 North Carolina
Gordon v. Holland 38 N.C. 362 1844 0 North Carolina
Leigh v. Smith 38 N.C. 442 1844 0 North Carolina
Heathman v. Joseph Hall 38 N.C. 414 1844 0 North Carolina
Robinson v. Bishop & Wife 23 Ark. 378 1861 0 Arkansas
Martin v. Harding 38 N.C. 603 1845 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Reed 26 N.C. 152 1843 0 North Carolina
Mary v. State 24 Ark. 44 1862 0 Arkansas
Clayton v. State 24 Ark. 16 1862 0 Arkansas
Buie v. Kelly 27 N.C. 169 1844 0 North Carolina
Simpson's Executors v. Boswell 27 N.C. 49 1844 0 North Carolina
Freeman v. Lewis 27 N.C. 91 1844 0 North Carolina
Thompson v. Newlin 38 N.C. 338 1844 0 North Carolina
Overby v. Harris 38 N.C. 253 1844 0 North Carolina
Coles v. Anderson 8 Hum. 489 1847 0 Tennessee