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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▼ Jurisdiction
Zeigler v. David 23 Ala. 127 1853 0 Challenged Ownership of an Enslaved Person after Divorce Alabama
Nelson v. Iverson 19 Ala. 95 1851 0 Challenged Ownership of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Harvey v. Anderson 12 Ga. 69 1852 0 Caveat to will Supreme Court of Georgia
Pond v. Smith 4 Conn. 297 1822 0 Carrying contraband Connecticut
State v. Henderson 13 La. Ann. 489 1858 0 Capital punishment, stabbing by enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Oscar 13 La. Ann. 297 1858 0 Capital punishment, preliminary exam, objection to trial Louisiana
Mathurin v. Livaudais 5 Mart. (n.s.) 301 1827 0 Capacity, wills, property, emancipation, trusts, donations Louisiana
Van Wick v. Rist 14 La. Ann. 56 1859 0 Capacity, wills, executors Louisiana
Riddle v. Kreinbiehl 12 La. Ann. 297 1857 0 Capacity, estates, debts, successions, redhibition Louisiana
Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. 797 S.E.2d 264, 269 (N.C.) 2017 2 candor with court North Carolina
State v. Honeycutt 60 N.C. 51 1864 0 Buying from a slave North Carolina
State v. Lewis 9 N.C. 98 1822 0 Burglary & Larceny North Carolina
State v. Henry 31 N.C. 463 1849 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Jim 7 N.C. 3 1819 0 Burglary North Carolina
Commonwealth v. Weldon 31 Va. 652 1833 0 Burglary General Ct. of VA
State v. Willis 52 N.C. 190 1859 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Whit 50 N.C. 224 1858 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Whit 49 N.C. 349 1857 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Bill 51 N.C. 34 1858 0 Burglary North Carolina
State v. Ben 8 N.C. 434 1821 0 Burglary North Carolina