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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Bookfield v. Stanton 51 N.C. 156 1858 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Smith v. Smith 57 N.C. 303 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
State v. George 50 N.C. 233 1858 0 Murder North Carolina
Dunlap v. Ingram 57 N.C. 178 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Worth v. Atkins 57 N.C. 272 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Doe on demise of Howard v. Howard 51 N.C. 235 1858 0 Action of ejectment North Carolina
State v. Nat 51 N.C. 114 1858 0 Attempted rape North Carolina
Jarman v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 28 1858 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Williamson v. Williamson 57 N.C. 281 1858 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Humphries v. Bradford 32 Ala. 500 1858 0 Breach of Warranty for Sale of Enslaved Persons Alabama
Ward v. Reynolds 32 Ala. 384 1858 0 Assumpsit for Purchase of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Poyner v. McRae 50 N.C. 276 1858 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Walker v. Walker 25 Ga. 420 1858 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Sanderlin v. Sanderlin 24 Ga. 583 1858 0 Property dispute Supreme Court of Georgia
Pyron v. Parker 25 Ga. 17 1858 0 Trover Action Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Sill 26 Ga. 302 1858 0 Will and Trust Supreme Court of Georgia
Ludwick v. Stafford 51 N.C. 109 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Davis v. Boyd 51 N.C. 249 1858 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cook v. State 26 Ga. 593 1858 0 Indictment for harboring slave Supreme Court of Georgia
Bryan v. Rooks 25 Ga. 622 1858 0 Equity Action Supreme Court of Georgia