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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Washburn v. Humphreys 35 N.C. 88 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Taylor v. Stedman 35 N.C. 97 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Sparkman v. Daughtry 35 N.C. 168 1851 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Abrams v. Suttles 44 N.C. 99 1852 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Cooper v. Purvis 46 N.C. 141 1853 0 Action of assumpsit (contracts) North Carolina
Alexander v. Torrence 51 N.C. 260 1858 0 Action of convenant North Carolina
Bell v. Walker 48 N.C. 320 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Wilder v. Ireland 53 N.C. 85 1860 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Wallace v. McIntosh 49 N.C. 434 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Cowles v. Rowland 47 N.C. 219 1855 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Poyner v. McRae 50 N.C. 276 1858 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Johnson v. Dunn 51 N.C. 122 1858 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Shober v. Robinson 6 N.C. 33 1811 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Ayres v. Parks, Adm'r of Humphries 10 N.C. 59 1824 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Brown v. Brown 49 N.C. 123 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Simpson v. McKay 34 N.C. 141 1851 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Hussey v. Weathersby 51 N.C. 387 1859 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Harrell v. Norvill 50 N.C. 29 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Bell v. Walker 50 N.C. 43 1857 0 Action of covenant North Carolina