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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Petway v. Powell 22 N.C. 308 1839 0 North Carolina
Spruill v. Cannon 22 N.C. 400 1839 0 North Carolina
Conner v. Satchwell 20 N.C. 72 1838 0 North Carolina
Pendleton v. Blount 21 N.C. 491 1837 0 North Carolina
Fagan v. Jones 22 N.C. 69 1838 0 North Carolina
Tom v. State 27 Tenn. 86 1847 0 Tennessee
State v. Ephraim 19 N.C. 162 1836 0 North Carolina
Perry v. Terrel 21 N.C. 441 1836 0 North Carolina
Hill v. Hughes 18 N.C. 336 1835 0 North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Tracy 46 Mass. 536 1843 0 Criminal Massachusetts
Williams v. Jarrot 6 Ill. 120 1844 0 Civil Illinois
Henry v. Patrick 18 N.C. 358 1835 0 North Carolina
Hone v. Ammons 14 Ill. 29 1852 0 Civil Illinois
Bird v. Graham 21 N.C. 168 1835 0 North Carolina
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Criminal Illinois
United States v. Williams 28 F. Cas. 631 1852 0 Criminal District Court, E.D. PA.
People v. Wolven 2 Edm. Sel. Cas. 108 1848 0 Criminal City Court of New York
Rice v. Satterwhite 21 N.C. 69 1835 0 North Carolina
Lobdell v. Union Bank 8 La. Ann. 117 1853 0 Louisiana
Barker v. Coleman 35 Ala. 221 1859 0 Alabama