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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Hawkins v. Alston 39 N.C. 137 1845 0 Mortgages/Deeds North Carolina
Guilford v. Guilford 39 N.C. 168 1845 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McEwen v. Troost 33 Tenn. 186 1853 0 Tennessee
Lindsay v. Pleasants 39 N.C. 320 1846 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Crouch v. Davis’ Ex’or 64 Va. 62 1873 0 Wills & Estate SC of Appeals VA
Dunn v. Bryan 38 Ga. 154 1868 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Hale v. Stone 14 Ala. 803 1848 0 Levy Alabama
Parsons v. M'Cracken 36 Va. 177 1838 0 Action to recover a slave SC of Appeals VA
Brown v. Bennett 55 Ga. 189 1875 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Baldwin v. Joyner 29 N.C. 123 1846 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Goodson v. Whitfield 40 N.C. 163 1847 0 Marriage Settlements North Carolina
Kay v. Connor 27 Tenn. 624 1848 0 Tennessee
Whitfield v. Whitfield 44 Miss. 254 1870 0 Detinue suit for personal property, including slaves Mississippi
May v. Jameson 11 Ark. 368 1850 0 Action of detinue for a enslaved person Arkansas
Gorham v. - 1 N.C. 52 1780 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Pool v. Williams 30 N.C. 286 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Howell v. Howell 40 N.C. 218 1848 0 Property Interests North Carolina
Whitfield v. Hurst 31 N.C. 170 1848 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Powell v. Powell 28 Tenn. 477 1848 0 Tennessee