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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Wolf v. State 41 Ala. 412 1868 1 Alabama
Weare v. Burge 32 N.C. 169 1849 0 North Carolina
Peace v. Jenkins 32 N.C. 355 1849 0 North Carolina
Meehan v. Newton No. 2011-UP-325, 2011 WL 11734950, at *1 (S.C. Ct. App. June 27, 2011) 2011 2 South Carolina
State v. Watts 32 N.C. 369 1849 0 North Carolina
Doe on Demise of Stowe v. Davis 32 N.C. 431 1849 0 North Carolina
Den on Demise of Battle v. Speight 32 N.C. 459 1849 0 North Carolina
Mooney v. Evans 41 N.C. 363 1849 0 North Carolina
McRae v. Keller 32 N.C. 398 1849 0 North Carolina
Love v. Love 41 N.C. 325 1849 0 North Carolina
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Houston v. Smith 41 N.C. 264 1849 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Powell 41 N.C. 50 1849 0 North Carolina
Murray v. Oliver 41 N.C. 55 1849 0 North Carolina
Snowden v. Banks 31 N.C. 373 1849 0 North Carolina
Smalley v. Lawrence 9 Rob. 210 1844 1 Louisiana
Wiley v. Hunter 2 La. Ann. 806 1847 1 Louisiana
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Thompson v. Updegraff 3 W. Va. 629 1869 0 West Virginia
Harrison v. Evans 1 D.C. 364 1806 0 United States