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Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Sparks v. Messick 65 N.C. 440 1871 0 Bill of Sale North Carolina
Lewis v. McNatt 65 N.C. 63 1871 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Williams v. Williams 43 Miss. 430 1871 0 Division of an estate Mississippi
Hall v. Craige 65 N.C. 51 1871 1 North Carolina
Vaughn v. Deloatch 65 N.C. 378 1871 1 North Carolina
Pitts v. State 43 Miss. 472 1871 0 Admissibility of an extra-judicial confession Mississippi
Polk v. Pledge 52 Tenn. 371 1871 0 Tennessee
Lockhart v. Horn 15 F. Cas. 751 1871 0 Estate dispute United States
Wall v. Pulliam 52 Tenn. 365 1871 0 Tennessee
Roseman v. Pless 65 N.C. 374 1871 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Hilliard v. Moore 65 N.C. 540 1871 0 Promissory Note North Carolina
Shepherd v. Brooks 23 La. Ann. 129 1871 1 Louisiana
Murphy v. Harrison 65 N.C. 246 1871 1 North Carolina
Crumbley v. Searcey 46 Ala. 328 1871 0 Note of sale dispute Alabama
Officer v. Sims 49 Tenn. 501 1871 0 Tennessee
Sweat v. Rogers 53 Tenn. 117 1871 0 Tennessee
Ingram v. Ingram 52 Tenn. 541 1871 0 Tennessee
Robeson v. State 50 Tenn. 266 1871 0 Tennessee
Ricks v. Hilliard 45 Miss. 359 1871 0 Recovery of enslaved woman distributed to an heir Mississippi
Jameson v. McCoy 52 Tenn. 108 1871 0 Tennessee