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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bynum v. Branch 5 N.C. 132 1806 0 North Carolina
Drew's Ex'rs v. Drew 5 N.C. 437 1816 0 North Carolina
Davis v. Shanks 9 N.C. 117 1822 0 North Carolina
State v. Yeates 11 N.C. 187 1825 0 North Carolina
In re King 13 N.C. 341 1830 0 North Carolina
Andrews v. Shaw 15 N.C. 70 1833 0 North Carolina
Saunders v. Gatlin 21 N.C. 86 1835 0 North Carolina
Elliott v. Carter 50 Va. 541 1853 0 SC of Appeals VA
M'Laurin v. Wright 37 N.C. 94 1841 0 North Carolina
State v. Presnell 34 N.C. 103 1851 0 North Carolina
Eaves v. Twitty 35 N.C. 468 1852 0 North Carolina
Benton v. Saunders 44 N.C. 360 1853 0 North Carolina
Warters v. Herring 47 N.C. 46 1854 0 North Carolina
McKimmon v. Rogers 56 N.C. 200 1857 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Johnston 49 N.C. 502 1857 0 North Carolina
Airey v. Holmes 50 N.C. 142 1857 0 North Carolina
Fugate v. Honakers' Ex'ors 63 Va. 409 1872 0 SC of Appeals VA
Shepard v. Wright 58 N.C. 20 1859 0 North Carolina
Blake v. Lane 58 N.C. 412 1860 0 North Carolina
Clark v. Bell 59 N.C. 272 1862 0 North Carolina