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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Patton v. Bencini 41 N.C. 204 1849 0 North Carolina
Costin v. Baxter 41 N.C. 197 1849 0 North Carolina
Keaton v. Banks 32 N.C. 381 1849 0 North Carolina
State v. Boyce 32 N.C. 536 1849 0 North Carolina
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 58 N.C. 280 1859 0 North Carolina
Thornberry v. Baxter 24 Ark. 76 1862 0 Arkansas
Ross's Executors v. Holtzman 3 D.C. 391 1828 0 United States
Gunnel v. Dade 1 D.C. 427 1807 0 United States
Grant v. McDonogh 7 La. Ann. 447 1852 0 Louisiana
Smith v. Billing 3 D.C. 355 1828 0 United States
Kennedy v. Purnell 5 D.C. 552 1839 0 United States
Mandeville v. Cookenderfer 3 D.C. 257 1827 0 United States
Ex parte Williams 4 D.C. 343 1833 0 United States
Slocomb v. Breedlove 8 La. 143 1835 0 Louisiana
Fenwick v. Grimes 5 D.C. 439 1838 0 United States
Simon v. Paine's Administrator 4 D.C. 99 1830 0 United States
Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge 13 Mass. 302 1816 0 Massachusetts
State v. George 30 N.C. 324 1848 0 North Carolina
Watson v. James 15 La. Ann. 386 1860 0 Louisiana