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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Weems v. Bryan 21 Ala. 302 1852 0 Property dispute Alabama
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
Scaggs v. Baltimore & Washington Rail Road 10 Md. 268 1856 0 Maryland
Brown v. Constant Gray 51 N.C. 103 1858 0 Property interests North Carolina
Contee v. Garner 2 D.C. 162 1818 0 Contracting United States
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
Mims' Adm'r v. Mims 39 Ala. 716 1866 0 Property dispute Alabama
Purcell's Adm'r v. Mather 35 Ala. 570 1860 0 Action for garnishment of wages Alabama
Tabb v. Williams 57 N.C. 352 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
United States v. Beddo 4 D.C. 664 1835 0 Fitness of witness United States
Morrison v. McNeill 51 N.C. 450 1859 0 Fraudulent Conveyance North Carolina
Hobson v. Yancey 43 Va. 73 1845 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Binford's Adm'r v. Robin 42 Va. 328 1845 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Bourne's Ex'or v. Mechan 42 Va. 292 1844 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Woodfin v. Asheville Mutual Insurance 51 N.C. 558 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Page v. Einstein 52 N.C. 147 1859 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Foushee Adm'r v. Blackwell 40 Va. 488 1843 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Bank of Alexandria v. Patton 40 Va. 500 1843 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Bullard v. Farrar 33 Ga. 620 1863 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Evans v. State 33 Ga. 4 1861 0 indictment for murder Georgia