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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pitt v. Petway 34 N.C. 69 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
State v. Presnell 34 N.C. 103 1851 0 Indictment for selling liquor to a slave North Carolina
Jackson v. Bulloch 12 Conn. 38 1837 0 Action against slave-owner Connecticut
Brown v. Brown 42 N.C. 30 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Blanton v. Morrow 42 N.C. 47 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Kirkpatrick v. Rogers 42 N.C. 44 1850 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Henry v. Wilson 33 N.C. 285 1850 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Potter v. Everitt 42 N.C. 152 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
McRae v. McRae 33 N.C. 366 1850 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Brothers v. Brothers 42 N.C. 150 1850 0 Trusts North Carolina
Stringfellow v. Mariott 1 Ala. 573 1840 0 Contract Alabama
Walton v. Walton 42 N.C. 138 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Dodson v. Simpson 23 Va. 294 1824 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hailes v. Ingram 41 N.C. 477 1849 0 Sales North Carolina
Graves v. Graves 28 Va. 34 1829 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Thornton v. Towns 34 Ga. 125 1865 0 Slave Contract dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
Henderson v. Womack 41 N.C. 437 1849 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Nelson v. People 33 Ill. 390 1864 0 Illinois
State v. May 15 N.C. 328 1833 0 Indictment for stealing a slave North Carolina