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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 453 1841 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Cobb v. Fogalman 23 N.C. 440 1841 0 Fraud North Carolina
Matthis v. Rhea 23 N.C. 394 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Smith v. Munroe 23 N.C. 345 1840 0 Estates North Carolina
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Smithwick v. Biggs 23 N.C. 281 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bonner v. Latham 23 N.C. 271 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Taylor ex rel. Bogue v. Williams 23 N.C. 249 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Harriss v. Mabry 23 N.C. 240 1840 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
John Holt & Co. v. Kernodle 23 N.C. 199 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Newsom v. Roles 23 N.C. 179 1840 0 Sales North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi