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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Chaffin v. Lawrance 50 N.C. 179 1857 0 North Carolina
Bost v. Bost 56 N.C. 484 1857 0 North Carolina
Hartshorn v. Williams 31 Ala. 149 1857 1 Alabama
Turner v. Roundtree 30 Ala. 706 1857 1 Alabama
Johnson v. Johnson 56 N.C. 437 1857 0 North Carolina
Cain v. Hawkins 50 N.C. 192 1857 0 North Carolina
Ireland v. Foust 56 N.C. 498 1857 0 North Carolina
Harrell v. Norvill 50 N.C. 29 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. John 50 N.C. 163 1857 0 North Carolina
Osborne v. High Shoals Mining & Manufacturing Co. 50 N.C. 177 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. David 49 N.C. 353 1857 0 North Carolina
Shields v. Henry 31 Ala. 53 1857 1 Alabama
Felton v. White 49 N.C. 301 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Wright 49 N.C. 308 1857 0 North Carolina
State v. Hopkins 49 N.C. 305 1857 0 North Carolina
Lea v. Brown 56 N.C. 141 1857 0 North Carolina
Houston v. Moore 49 N.C. 522 1857 0 North Carolina
Howell v. Johnston 49 N.C. 502 1857 0 North Carolina
Evans v. King 56 N.C. 387 1857 0 North Carolina
Williamson v. Williams 56 N.C. 446 1857 0 North Carolina