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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Miller 29 N.C. 275 1847 0 North Carolina
Whitfield v. Hurst 31 N.C. 170 1848 0 North Carolina
Alexander v. Alexander 41 N.C. 229 1849 0 North Carolina
Turnage v. Turnage 42 N.C. 127 1850 0 North Carolina
Cecil v. Clarke 17 Md. 508 1861 0 Maryland
Judge of Madison County Court v. Looney 2 Stew. & P. 70 1832 0 Alabama
Branch of the Bank of Alabama v. Marshall 4 Ala. 60 1842 0 Alabama
Walker v. Bolling 22 Ala. 294 1853 0 Virginia
Evans v. Lipscomb 31 Ga. 71 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Shelfer v. Gooding 47 N.C. 175 1855 0 North Carolina
Alford v. Colson 8 Ala. 550 1845 0 Alabama
Swindall v. Bradley 56 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Vass v. Freeman 56 N.C. 221 1857 0 North Carolina
Turnipseed v. State 6 Ala. 664 1844 0 Alabama
King v. Kenan 38 Ala. 63 1861 0 Alabama
Clopton v. Jones' Executor 38 Ala. 121 1861 0 Alabama
Homesley v. Hogue 49 N.C. 481 1857 0 North Carolina
McBride v. Thompson 8 Ala. 650 1845 0 Alabama
Spencer v. Spencer 56 N.C. 404 1857 0 North Carolina
Whitehead v. Lassiter 57 N.C. 79 1858 0 North Carolina