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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Weare v. Burge 32 N.C. 169 1849 0 North Carolina
Beacroft v. Strawn 67 Ill. 28 1873 0 Civil Illinois
Howell v. Howell 29 N.C. 493 1847 0 North Carolina
Sherrill v. Echard 29 N.C. 161 1846 0 North Carolina
Christmas v. Mitchell 38 N.C. 535 1845 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Oliver 38 N.C. 369 1844 0 North Carolina
Slade v. Washburn 25 N.C. 557 1843 0 North Carolina
Little v. Marsh 37 N.C. 18 1841 0 North Carolina
Gunn v. McAden 37 N.C. 79 1841 0 North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 North Carolina
Knorr v. Home Insurance 25 Wis. 143 1869 0 Wisconsin
Torrey v. Grant 18 Miss. 89 1848 0 Mississippi
Jane v. State 3 Mo. 61 1831 0 Missouri
M'Broom v. Governor 4 Port. 90 1836 0 Alabama
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Mississippi
Kitchen v. Crawford 13 Tex. 516 1855 0 Texas
Peter v. State 7 Miss. 326 1842 0 Mississippi
Horn v. Ross & Leitch 20 Ga. 210 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Ivey v. State 23 Ga. 576 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Keaton v. Scott 25 Ga. 652 1858 0 Supreme Court of Georgia