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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Mason v. Pate’s Executor 34 Ala. 379 1859 0 Estate dispute Alabama
Farrelly v. Louisa 34 Ala. 284 1859 0 Petition for Freedom Alabama
Hudson v. State 34 Ala. 253 1859 0 Indictment for Homicide of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Thomason v. Dill 34 Ala. 175 1859 0 Contract and Warranty for Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Commonwealth v. Ned of Campbell 33 Va. 607 1835 0 Action of freedom General Ct. of VA
Petermans v. Laws 33 Va. 523 1835 0 Action of detinue SC of Appeals VA
Merrit v. Smith 33 Va. 486 1835 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Shields 33 Va. 440 1835 0 Deceit in the sale of a slave & Action to recover freedom SC of Appeals VA
Boon v. Lancaster 33 Tenn. 577 1854 0 Tennessee
McNair v. McKay 33 N.C. 602 1850 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Tarkinton v. Latham 33 N.C. 596 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Glover v. Riddick 33 N.C. 582 1850 0 Conversion North Carolina
Smith v. Cameron 33 N.C. 572 1850 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Burney v. Galloway 33 N.C. 53 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Caffey v. Rankin 33 N.C. 449 1850 0 Petition to emancipate a slave North Carolina
Taylor v. Stedman 33 N.C. 447 1850 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Griffin v. Richardson 33 N.C. 439 1850 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Wilder v. Creecy 33 N.C. 421 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Simpson v. King 33 N.C. 377 1850 0 Action of detinnue North Carolina
McRae v. McRae 33 N.C. 366 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina