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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Watson v. Cox 36 N.C. 389 1841 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Clayton v. Glover 56 N.C. 371 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Williams v. Cotten 56 N.C. 395 1857 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Oldham v. Oldham 58 N.C. 89 1859 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Barnes v. Dickinson 16 N.C. 273 1828 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Gordon v. Brown 39 N.C. 399 1846 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Graham v. Torrance 36 N.C. 210 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Petty v. Harmon 16 N.C. 191 1828 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Bird v. Graham 36 N.C. 196 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Lewis v. Owen 36 N.C. 290 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Griffin v. Pleasant 36 N.C. 152 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Mebane v. Mebane 36 N.C. 403 1841 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Pilkington v. Cotten 55 N.C. 238 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Justice v. Scott 39 N.C. 108 1845 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Martin v. Maberry 16 N.C. 169 1828 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Cabell's Executors v. Megginson's Administrators 20 Va. 202 1818 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA
Dawson v. Dawson 16 N.C. 93 1827 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Davis v. Marcum 57 N.C. 189 1858 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
White v. Pettijohn 23 N.C. 52 1840 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Beckley v. Palmer 52 Va. 625 1854 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA