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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Wesley v. Thomas 6 H. & J. 24 1823 0 Maryland
State v. Allen 166 N.C. 265 1914 1 North Carolina
Murphey v. Barron 1 H. & G. 258 1827 0 Maryland
State v. Poll 8 N.C. 442 1821 0 North Carolina
Tyson v. Tyson 9 N.C. 472 1823 0 North Carolina
Whitehurst v. Executors of Pritchard 5 N.C. 383 1810 0 North Carolina
Slaughter v. Moore 9 Del. Ch. 350 1912 1 Delaware
Wade v. Janney 150 Fla. 440 1942 1 Florida
Davenport Gas Light & Coke Co. v. City of Davenport 13 Iowa 229 1862 1 Iowa
O’Connell v. State 6 Minn. 279 1861 1 Minnesota
State v. Woodruff 83 Miss. 111 1903 1 Mississippi
State v. Powell 106 N.C. 635 1890 1 North Carolina
State v. Peak 130 N.C. 711 1902 1 North Carolina
State v. Marsh 132 N.C. 1000 1903 1 North Carolina
In re the Metropolitan Transit Co. 111 N.Y. 588 1889 1 New York
Deering v. Metcalf 74 N.Y. 501 1878 1 New York
Bush v. Martin 224 F. Supp. 499 1963 1 United States
Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation 483 U.S. 468 1987 1 United States
McNutt ex rel. Leggett v. Bland 43 U.S. 9 1844 1 United States
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 North Carolina