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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Whitfield v. Hurst 31 N.C. 170 1848 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Alexander 41 N.C. 229 1849 0 North Carolina
Turnage v. Turnage 42 N.C. 127 1850 0 North Carolina
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
State v. Thomas 236 N.C. 454 1952 1 North Carolina
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Vass v. Freeman 56 N.C. 221 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Debnam 98 N.C. 712 1887 1 North Carolina
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 North Carolina
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 North Carolina
Whitehead v. Lassiter 57 N.C. 79 1858 0 North Carolina
Airs v. Billops 57 N.C. 17 1858 0 North Carolina
State v. Sue 1 N.C. 54 1800 0 North Carolina
Marsh v. Hampton 50 N.C. 382 1858 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 North Carolina
Tabb v. Williams 57 N.C. 352 1859 0 North Carolina
Sawyer v. Dozier 52 N.C. 7 1859 0 North Carolina
City of Asheville v. Herbert 190 N.C. 732 1925 1 North Carolina
Williamson v. Williamson 58 N.C. 142 1859 0 North Carolina
State v. Adams 65 N.C. 537 1871 0 North Carolina