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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Allison v. Allison 56 N.C. 236 1857 0 North Carolina
Young v. Young 56 N.C. 216 1857 0 North Carolina
Fairly v. Priest 56 N.C. 21 1856 0 North Carolina
Lockhart v. Lockhart 56 N.C. 205 1857 0 North Carolina
Brown v. Pratt 56 N.C. 202 1857 0 North Carolina
McKimmon v. Rogers 56 N.C. 200 1857 0 North Carolina
McLeran v. Melvin 56 N.C. 195 1857 0 North Carolina
Shaw v. McBride 56 N.C. 173 1857 0 North Carolina
Knight v. Knight 56 N.C. 167 1857 0 North Carolina
Lea v. Brown 56 N.C. 141 1857 0 North Carolina
Apple v. Allen 56 N.C. 120 1856 0 North Carolina
Montgomery v. Henderson 56 N.C. 113 1856 0 North Carolina
West v. Sloan 56 N.C. 102 1856 0 North Carolina
Gilliam v. Underwood 56 N.C. 100 1856 0 North Carolina
Powell v. Cobb 56 N.C. 1 1856 0 North Carolina
Edwards v. Woolfolk's Administrator 56 Ky. 376 1856 0 Kentucky
Swigert v. Bank of Kentucky 56 Ky. 268, 17 B. Mon 268 (1856) 1855 0 Kentucky
Dixon v. McCue 55 Va. 540 1858 0 SC of Appeals VA
Livesay v. Helms 55 Va. 441 1858 0 SC of Appeals VA
Williamson v. Coalter's Ex'ors 55 Va. 394 1858 0 SC of Appeals VA