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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brainard v. McDevitt 21 Ala. 119 1852 0 Alabama
Respass v. Lanier 43 N.C. 281 1852 0 North Carolina
Scroggins v. Howorth 23 Miss. 514 1852 1 Mississippi
McLaurin v. Parker 24 Miss. 509 1852 1 Mississippi
Loury v. Herbert 25 Miss. 101 1852 0 Mississippi
Westmoreland v. Walker 25 Miss. 76 1852 0 Mississippi
State v. Benjamin 7 La. Ann. 47 1852 0 Louisiana
Saunders v. Haughton 43 N.C. 217 1852 0 North Carolina
Rives v. Frizzle 43 N.C. 237 1852 0 North Carolina
Coffield v. Roberts 35 N.C. 277 1852 0 North Carolina
Branch v. Houston 44 N.C. 85 1852 0 North Carolina
Melton v. McKesson 35 N.C. 475 1852 0 North Carolina
Baxter v. Henson 35 N.C. 459 1852 0 North Carolina
Eaves v. Twitty 35 N.C. 468 1852 0 North Carolina
Wiles v. Harshaw 43 N.C. 308 1852 0 North Carolina
Washington v. Blunt 43 N.C. 253 1852 0 North Carolina
Robinson v. Lewis 45 N.C. 58 1852 0 North Carolina
Sanders v. Jones 43 N.C. 246 1852 0 North Carolina
Haywood v. Rogers 43 N.C. 278 1852 0 North Carolina
Felton v. Long 43 N.C. 224 1852 0 North Carolina