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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Campbell v. Street 23 N.C. 109 1840 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Scott v. Williams 12 N.C. 376 1828 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Gaines v. Ann 17 Tex. 211 1856 0 Suit for freedom Texas
Parker 3 N.C. 345 1805 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Jack v. Woodruff 10 N.C. 106 1824 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Stringer v. Burcham 34 N.C. 41 1851 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Alvany v. Powell 54 N.C. 35 1853 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Jarman v. Humphrey 51 N.C. 28 1858 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Bryan v. Wadsworth 18 N.C. 384 1835 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Cully v. Jones 31 N.C. 168 1848 0 Suit for freedom North Carolina
Miller v. White 14 Fla. 435 1874 0 Suit for Fradulent Purchase of a Slave Supreme Court of FL
Mosser v. Mosser 29 Ala. 313 1856 0 Suit for divorce on grounds of adultery Alabama
Richardson's Executor v. Hunt 16 Va. 149 1811 0 Suit for division of a residuum SC of Appeals VA
Mortimer v. Moffatt 14 Va. 503 1810 0 Suit for an injunction SC of Chancery VA
Spencer v. Ford 40 Va. 648 1843 0 Suit for alimony SC of Appeals VA
McLean v. McDaniel 44 N.C. 203 1853 0 Suit by attachment North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Moore 4 Va. 155 1819 0 Suffering a slave General Ct of VA
Poydras v. Mourain 9 La. 492 1836 0 Successions, wills, sales, property, emancipation, obligations Louisiana
Michel v. Beale 10 La. Ann. 352 1855 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana
Poydras v. Taylor 9 La. 488 1836 0 Successions, wills, sales, emancipation Louisiana