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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ratliff v. Huntly 27 N.C. 545 1845 0 North Carolina
Barham v. Massey 27 N.C. 192 1844 0 North Carolina
Lee v. Bennett 31 Miss. 119 1856 0 Mississippi
Binns v. Stokes 27 Miss. 239 1854 0 Mississippi
Spruill v. Davenport 27 N.C. 145 1844 0 North Carolina
Peters's Executors v. Breckenridge 2 D.C. 518 1824 0 United States
Semmes v. Sherburne 2 D.C. 637 1825 0 United States
Runaways 4 D.C. 489 1834 0 United States
Graham v. Tankersley 15 Ala. 634 1849 0 Alabama
Ex parte Giberson 4 D.C. 503 1835 0 United States
Campbell v. Staiert 6 N.C. 389 1818 0 North Carolina
Smallwood v. Worthington 2 D.C. 431 1823 0 United States
Outlaw v. Hurdle 46 N.C. 150 1853 0 North Carolina
Plato v. Bainbridge 4 H. & McH. 416 1799 0 Maryland
Keziah v. Slye 4 D.C. 463 1834 0 United States
Jordan v. Sawyer 2 D.C. 373 1823 0 United States
Miller v. Washburn 38 N.C. 161 1844 0 North Carolina
Calahan's Adm'rs v. Depriest 54 Va. 274 1856 0 SC of Appeals VA
Skinner v. Wynne 55 N.C. 41 1854 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Perkins 54 N.C. 337 1854 0 North Carolina