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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Powell v. Wragg 13 Ala. 161 1848 0 Alabama
State v. Peter 53 N.C. 19 1860 0 North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 58 N.C. 280 1859 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 North Carolina
State v. Boyce 32 N.C. 536 1849 0 North Carolina
Keaton v. Banks 32 N.C. 381 1849 0 North Carolina
Trexler v. Miller 41 N.C. 248 1849 0 North Carolina
Craige v. Craige 41 N.C. 191 1849 0 North Carolina
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
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 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