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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Shue v. Turk 56 Va. 256 1859 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williams v. Williams 18 Tenn. 20 1836 0 Tennessee
Queen v. Ashton 3 Md. 439 1796 0 Maryland
Soggins v. Heard 31 Miss. 426 1856 0 Mississippi
United States v. Johnson 4 D.C. 303 1833 0 United States
House v. Fultz 21 Miss. 39 1849 0 Mississippi
Easton v. Easton 42 N.C. 98 1850 0 North Carolina
Henderson v. Womack 41 N.C. 437 1849 0 North Carolina
Kirkpatrick v. Rogers 41 N.C. 130 1849 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 North Carolina
Sanaker v. Cushwa 3 W. Va. 29 1868 0 West Virginia
McCorkle v. Sherrill 41 N.C. 173 1849 0 North Carolina
Mitchell v. Walker 30 N.C. 243 1848 0 North Carolina
Cowan v. Tucker 30 N.C. 426 1848 0 North Carolina
Croom v. Wright 39 N.C. 248 1846 0 North Carolina
Chambers v. McDaniel 28 N.C. 226 1845 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 38 N.C. 522 1845 0 North Carolina
Strayhorn v. Giles 22 Ark. 517 1861 0 Arkansas
McBride v. Choate 37 N.C. 610 1843 0 North Carolina
Paxton v. Rhea 38 N.C. 248 1844 0 North Carolina