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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Cobb v. Fogalman 23 N.C. 440 1841 0 Fraud North Carolina
Matthis v. Rhea 23 N.C. 394 1841 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
State ex rel. Buckley v. Hampton 23 N.C. 318 1840 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Smithwick v. Biggs 23 N.C. 281 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Bonner v. Latham 23 N.C. 271 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Tillman v. Sinclair 23 N.C. 183 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hurdle v. Elliott 23 N.C. 174 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Burgin v. Burgin 23 N.C. 160 1840 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 23 N.C. 145 1840 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hardin v. Borders 23 N.C. 143 1840 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina
State v. Plunket 23 N.C. 115 1840 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
James Williamson & Co. v. Canaday 23 N.C. 113 1840 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Parr v. Gibbons ex rel. Gibbons 23 Miss. 92 1851 0 Ownership of enslaved person given to married woman prior to her death Mississippi
Ike v. State 23 Miss. 525 1852 0 Indictment of enslaved man for assault and battery Mississippi
Green v. State 23 Miss. 509 1852 0 Trial of an enslaved boy for alleged assault of a white woman **** Mississippi
Doe ex dem. Shelton v. Hamilton 23 Miss. 496 1852 0 Disposition of enslaved persons under levy Mississippi
Shotwell v. Webb 23 Miss. 375 1852 0 Agreement for purchase of enslaved persons (two separate families) Mississippi
Kilcrease v. Shelby 23 Miss. 161 1851 0 Right of married woman to property after remarriage Mississippi
Duncan v. Johnson 23 Miss. 130 1851 0 Distribution of enslaved persons in estate Mississippi