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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Irwin v. Wilson 56 N.C. 210 1857 0 North Carolina
Graves v. Howard 56 N.C. 302 1857 0 North Carolina
Johnston v. Coleman 56 N.C. 290 1857 0 North Carolina
Cotten v. Davis 49 N.C. 416 1857 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Penn 63 Va. 402 1872 0 SC of Appeals VA
McLeran v. Melvin 56 N.C. 195 1857 0 North Carolina
Roberts v. Watson 49 N.C. 319 1857 0 North Carolina
Graham v. Little 56 N.C. 152 1857 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 North Carolina
Fulenwider v. Poston 48 N.C. 528 1856 0 North Carolina
Peterson v. Matthis 56 N.C. 31 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Guilford 49 N.C. 83 1856 0 North Carolina
Holderby v. Walker 56 N.C. 46 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Bond 49 N.C. 9 1856 0 North Carolina
State v. Privett 49 N.C. 100 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
State v. Burk 49 N.C. 7 1856 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 North Carolina
Perry v. Yarbrough 56 N.C. 66 1856 0 North Carolina