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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Ruff v. Starke's Adm'x 44 Va. 134 1846 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lesassier v. Dashiell 17 La. 194 1841 0 Louisiana
Dockery v. French 73 N.C. 420 1875 0 North Carolina
Wood v. Cherry 73 N.C. 110 1875 0 North Carolina
Bason v. Harder 72 N.C. 281 1875 0 North Carolina
Bynum v. Hill 71 N.C. 319 1874 0 North Carolina
Batchelor v. Macon 67 N.C. 181 1872 0 North Carolina
Edwards v. Thompson 71 N.C. 177 1874 0 North Carolina
Dickson v. Dickson 70 N.C. 487 1874 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Johnston 70 N.C. 576 1874 0 North Carolina
Batchelor v. Macon 69 N.C. 545 1873 0 North Carolina
Green v. Green 69 N.C. 25 1873 0 North Carolina
Pettis v. Smith 69 N.C. 3 1873 0 North Carolina
Pope v. Whitehead 68 N.C. 191 1873 0 North Carolina
Walker v. Sharpe 68 N.C. 363 1873 0 North Carolina
Davidson v. Elms 67 N.C. 228 1872 0 North Carolina
Haglar v. McCombs 66 N.C. 345 1872 0 North Carolina
Carpenter v. Keeter 65 N.C. 475 1871 0 North Carolina
Lewis v. McNatt 65 N.C. 63 1871 0 North Carolina
Doe on the demise of Branch v. Hunter 61 N.C. 1 1866 0 North Carolina