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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Lewis v. Hynes 2 N.C. 320 1796 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Davis v. Brooks 7 N.C. 133 1819 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Perry v. Perry 4 N.C. 184 1817 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
- v. Arrington 2 N.C. 189 1795 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Carter's Executors v. Rutland 2 N.C. 112 1794 0 Descent & distribution North Carolina
Gatlin v. Darden 21 N.C. 72 1835 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Brent v. Porter 1 Jefferson 72 1768 0 Descent & Distribution General Ct. of VA
Anonymous 3 N.C. 127 1800 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Mitchill v. Cheeves 3 N.C. 126 1800 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Isbell v. Butler Jeff. 10 1735 0 Descent & Distribution General Ct. of VA
Allen v. Allen 1 Jefferson 86 1769 0 Descent & Distribution General Ct. of VA
Hinton v. Hinton 21 N.C. 587 1837 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Rutherford v. Craik's executors 3 N.C. 262 1803 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Poindexter's executors v. Barker 3 N.C. 173 1802 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Stephen v. Smith 40 N.C. 369 1848 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Graham v. Davidson 22 N.C. 155 1838 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Fleming v. McKesson 56 N.C. 316 1857 0 Descent & Distribution North Carolina
Cobean v. Thompson 1 Pen. & W. 93 1829 0 Designation dispute? SC of PA.
Clark v. Gautier 8 Fla. 360 1859 0 Detainment of a Freed Man Supreme Court of FL
Jones v. Wootten 1 Del. 77 1832 0 Determining whether a person was enslaved Delaware