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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Edens v. Williams’s Executor 7 N.C. 27 1819 0 North Carolina
Cain v. State 18 Tex. 387 1857 0 Texas
Carter v. Bennett 6 Fla. 214 1855 0 Supreme Court of FL
Shorter v. Urquhart 28 Ala. 360 1856 0 Alabama
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 North Carolina
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 North Carolina
Clary’s Administrators v. Clary 24 N.C. 78 1841 0 North Carolina
Garner v. Prewitt 32 Ala. 13 1858 0 Alabama
Jennings v. Sykes 22 N.C. 151 1838 0 North Carolina
State v. Marshall 14 Ala. 411 1848 0 Alabama
Coalter’s ex’or v. Bryan 1 Gratt. 18 1844 0 SC of Appeals VA
Collins v. Mitchell 5 Fla. 364 1853 0 Supreme Court of FL
Freeman v. Cook 41 N.C. 373 1849 0 North Carolina
Tayloe v. Graves 1 Jefferson 40 1736 0 General Ct. of VA
Governor ex rel. Oxley v. Freeman 15 N.C. 472 1834 0 North Carolina
Hall v. Hall 11 Tex. 526 1854 0 Texas
Hines v. State 26 Ga. 614 1859 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Irby v. Wilson 21 N.C. 568 1837 0 North Carolina
Jenkins’ Executor v. Jenkins 33 Ala. 731 1859 0 Alabama
Peterson v. Williamson 13 N.C. 326 1830 0 North Carolina