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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Jessup v. Johnston 48 N.C. 335 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Woods v. Woods 55 N.C. 420 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Jones v. Gordon 55 N.C. 352 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Patton v. Patton 55 N.C. 494 1856 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
McKnight v. Wilson 55 N.C. 491 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Sparkes v. Kearney 55 N.C. 481 1856 0 Trusts North Carolina
Patton v. Porter 48 N.C. 539 1856 0 Sales North Carolina
Murrell v. Weathers 48 N.C. 525 1856 0 Action of covenant North Carolina
Farmer v. Barnes 56 N.C. 109 1856 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Ingram v. Ingram 49 N.C. 188 1856 0 Action of assumpsit North Carolina
Sam v. State 33 Miss. 347 1857 0 Whether confession of arson by enslaved man to his master admissible Mississippi
Conner v. Gwin's Ex's 2 N.C. 140 1794 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Moye v. Beaman 48 N.C. 140 1855 0 Issue of fraud North Carolina
Matthis v. Matthis 48 N.C. 132 1855 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pilkington v. Cotten 55 N.C. 238 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Parish v. Merritt 48 N.C. 38 1855 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Grimes v. Hoyt 55 N.C. 271 1855 0 Contracts North Carolina
Smith v. Turrentine 55 N.C. 253 1855 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Nixon v. Lindsay 55 N.C. 230 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Delap v. Delap 55 N.C. 290 1855 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina