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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hough v. Cress 57 N.C. 295 1858 1 North Carolina
Poyner v. McRae 50 N.C. 276 1858 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Holderness v. Palmer 57 N.C. 107 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Tomlinson v. Claywell 57 N.C. 317 1858 1 North Carolina
Cox v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 405 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Johnston 51 N.C. 485 1859 0 Indictment for unlawfully trading with a slave North Carolina
Knox v. North Carolina Rail Road 51 N.C. 415 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Eborn v. Waldo 51 N.C. 438 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Lane v. Phillips 51 N.C. 455 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Parker v. Parker 57 N.C. 439 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Hotchkiss v. Thomas 51 N.C. 537 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Elliott v. Posten 57 N.C. 433 1859 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Calloway v. Bryan 51 N.C. 569 1859 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Brewer v. Church 57 N.C. 418 1859 0 Contracts North Carolina
George v. Smith 51 N.C. 273 1859 0 Contracts North Carolina
Smith v. Reid 51 N.C. 494 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
McAlister v. Holton 51 N.C. 331 1859 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Davis v. Hall 57 N.C. 403 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Quince v. Nixon 51 N.C. 289 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
McKeil v. Cutlar's Administrator 57 N.C. 381 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina