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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Headen v. Headen 42 N.C. 159 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Watkins' Adm'r v. Pemberton 47 N.C. 174 1855 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Hanner v. Winburn 42 N.C. 142 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Hooks v. Lee 42 N.C. 83 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Walton v. Walton 42 N.C. 138 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Moye v. May 43 N.C. 131 1851 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Walters v. Jordan 35 N.C. 361 1852 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Hoppiss v. Eskridge 37 N.C. 54 1841 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Turner v. Faucett 41 N.C. 549 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Potter v. Everitt 42 N.C. 152 1850 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Kendall v. Stoker 45 N.C. 207 1853 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Robertson v. Fleming 57 N.C. 387 1859 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Davidson v. Potts 42 N.C. 272 1851 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Ferrand v. Howard 38 N.C. 381 1844 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Allen v. Smitherman 41 N.C. 341 1849 0 Descent and distribution North Carolina
Inhabitants of Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Farmingdale 45 Me. 537 1858 0 Derivative settlement SC of Maine
Lenox v. Pike 2 Ark. 14 1839 0 Dentinue in finding enslaved persons Arkansas
William H. Davis' Case 1 Del. 17 1832 0 Denial of a petition for freedom Delaware
Collins v. Hall 1 Del. Cas. 326 1793 0 Denial of a free man in MD and declared as enslaved in DE Delaware
James v. Carr 2 Del. Cas. 223 1805 0 Denial for freedom since the enslaved person was loaned and not exported Delaware