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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cox v. Marks 27 N.C. 361 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State ex rel. Graves v. Reed 27 N.C. 357 1845 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Kinney ex rel. Perkins v. Etheridge 27 N.C. 34 1844 0 Bonds North Carolina
State ex rel. Woods v. Fuller 27 N.C. 26 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina
McGee v. Hussey 27 N.C. 255 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 Indictment for "a slave hiring her own time" North Carolina
State v. Armfield 27 N.C. 207 1844 0 Indictment of forcible trespass North Carolina
Barham v. Massey 27 N.C. 192 1844 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Moore v. Gwynn 27 N.C. 187 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Buie v. Kelly 27 N.C. 169 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tucker v. Tucker 27 N.C. 161 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Spruill v. Davenport 27 N.C. 145 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Galloway v. McKeithen 27 N.C. 12 1844 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Rabb v. McKinnie 27 Miss. 98 1854 0 Division of estate Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Henderson v. Warmack 27 Miss. 830 1854 0 Ownership of enslaved person Mississippi
Brown v. Nevitt 27 Miss. 801 1854 0 Foreclosure of mortgage on plantation and enslaved persons Mississippi
Nabors v. McKay 27 Miss. 799 1854 0 Sale of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi