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Case Name Citation ▼ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Charles v. Elliott 20 N.C. 468 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Bennett 20 N.C. 43 1838 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
White v. White 20 N.C. 427 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hunt v. Davis 20 N.C. 42 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
White v. White 20 N.C. 401 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Edney 20 N.C. 378 1839 0 Bail North Carolina
State v. Hoover 20 N.C. 365 1839 0 Homicide North Carolina
Jones v. Green 20 N.C. 354 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Lewis v. Smith 20 N.C. 326 1839 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Lewis v. Mobley 20 N.C. 323 1839 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Sampson v. Burgwin 20 N.C. 28 1838 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Beverly v. Williams 20 N.C. 236 1839 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Popelston v. Skinner 20 N.C. 156 1838 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Hooper v. Hooper 20 N.C. 150 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Taylor v. Brooks 20 N.C. 139 1838 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
State v. Leigh 20 N.C. 127 1838 0 Indictment against a justice of the peace North Carolina
Surviving Partners of Massey v. M'Dowell 20 N.C. 120 1838 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Foster v. Pugh 20 Miss. 416 1849 0 Recovery for debt Mississippi
Ruth v. State 20 Md. 436 1864 0 Maryland
Billingslea v. Henry 20 Md. 282 1863 0 Maryland