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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Craige v. Craige 41 N.C. 191 1849 0 North Carolina
Alston v. Alston 34 Ala. 15 1859 0 Alabama
Smith v. Hooks 19 Ala. 101 1851 0 Alabama
Den ex dem. of Jones v. Ruffin 14 N.C. 404 1832 0 North Carolina
Berry v. Hardman 12 Ala. 604 1847 0 Alabama
Costin v. Baxter 41 N.C. 197 1849 0 North Carolina
Patton v. Bencini 41 N.C. 204 1849 0 North Carolina
Barnes v. Simms 40 N.C. 392 1848 0 North Carolina
McDaniel v. Stoker 40 N.C. 274 1848 0 North Carolina
Dunbar v. McFall 28 Tenn. 505 1848 0 Tennessee
Donnell v. Shields 30 N.C. 371 1848 0 North Carolina
Ellington v. Currie 40 N.C. 21 1847 0 North Carolina
Bennehan's Ex'or v. Norwood 40 N.C. 106 1847 0 North Carolina
Alfred v. State 6 Ga. 483 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wilkins v. Judge 14 Ala. 135 1848 0 Alabama
Briscoe v. Clarke 22 Va. 213 1822 0 SC of Appeals VA
M'Broom v. Rives 1 Stew. 72 1827 0 Alabama
Roulhac v. White 31 N.C. 63 1848 0 North Carolina
Simmons v. Gooding 40 N.C. 382 1848 0 North Carolina
Cato v. Howard 2 H. & J. 323 1806 0 Maryland