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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Peterson v. Matthis 56 N.C. 31 1856 0 North Carolina
Braley v. Clarke 18 Ala. 436 1850 0 Alabama
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
State v. Bond 49 N.C. 9 1856 0 North Carolina
Boyd v. Small 56 N.C. 39 1856 0 North Carolina
McKinley v. Scott 49 N.C. 197 1856 0 North Carolina
Hunt v. Butterworth 21 Tex. 133 1858 0 Texas
Green v. Kornegay 49 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina
McKimmon v. Rogers 56 N.C. 200 1857 0 North Carolina
Galt v. Carter 20 Va. 245 1818 0 SC of Appeals VA
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 48 N.C. 355 1856 0 North Carolina
Kea v. Council 55 N.C. 345 1856 0 North Carolina
Barwick v. Wood 48 N.C. 306 1856 0 North Carolina
Morgan v. Darragh 39 Tex. 171 1873 0 Texas
Simpson v. Morris 48 N.C. 411 1856 0 North Carolina
Gwynn v. Setzer 48 N.C. 382 1856 0 North Carolina
Moye v. Beaman 48 N.C. 140 1855 0 North Carolina
Wheless v. Espy 47 Tenn. 237 1869 0 Tennessee
Fairly v. Thompson 34 Miss. 101 1857 0 Mississippi