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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Haney 19 N.C. 390 1837 0 North Carolina
Cable v. Bossier 4 La. 558 1832 0 Louisiana
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Civil Connecticut
Shields v. Barden 6 Ark. 459 1846 0 Arkansas
McVey v. Holden 15 La. Ann. 317 1860 0 Louisiana
King v. Kent's Heirs 29 Ala. 542 1857 0 Alabama
Den on the demise of Arrington v. Alston 6 N.C. 321 1818 0 North Carolina
Doe on demise of Freeman v. Edmunds 10 N.C. 7 1824 0 North Carolina
Matilda v. Mason & Moore 2 D.C. 343 1822 0 United States
Ashurst v. Phillips' Executrix 43 Ala. 158 1869 0 Alabama
Martin v. Harbin 19 N.C. 504 1837 0 North Carolina
Ralston v. Telfair 22 N.C. 414 1839 0 North Carolina
State v. Mann 13 N.C. 263 1829 0 North Carolina
Gaither v. Gaither 20 Ga. 709 1856 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Whitaker v. Petway 26 N.C. 182 1843 0 North Carolina
Cross v. Cross's Adm'r 36 Va. 95 1838 0 SC of Appeals VA
Buck v. Wroten 65 Va. 250 1874 0 SC of Appeals VA
Penn v. Reynolds 64 Va. 518 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Commonwealth v. Levy 64 Va. 21 1873 0 SC of Appeals VA
Davison v. Waite 16 Va. 527 1811 0 SC of Appeals VA