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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Magee v. Carpenter 4 Ala. 469 1842 0 Alabama
Law v. Scott 5 H. & J. 438 1822 0 Maryland
State v. Martin 14 N.C. 329 1832 0 North Carolina
Anderson v. Wilson 13 Ark. 409 1853 0 Arkansas
Tolar v. Tolar 16 N.C. 456 1830 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Cooke 14 N.C. 112 1831 0 North Carolina
Henderson v. Wilson 16 N.C. 309 1829 0 North Carolina
Tims v. Potter 1 N.C. 22 1789 0 North Carolina
Traynor v. Johnson 40 Tenn. 44 1859 0 Tennessee
Smith v. Yeates 12 N.C. 302 1827 0 North Carolina
Howett v. Alexander 12 N.C. 431 1828 0 North Carolina
Justice v. Cobbs 12 N.C. 469 1828 0 North Carolina
Underwood v. Lane 12 N.C. 173 1827 0 North Carolina
Trustees of the Quaker Society v. Dickenson 12 N.C. 189 1827 0 North Carolina
Hanson v. Brawner 2 Md. 90 1852 0 Maryland
Brittain v. Israel 10 N.C. 222 1824 0 North Carolina
Tate v. Brittain 10 N.C. 55 1824 0 North Carolina
Pigots v. Davis 10 N.C. 25 1825 0 North Carolina
Wilson v. Hightower 10 N.C. 76 1824 0 North Carolina
State v. Reed 9 N.C. 454 1823 0 North Carolina