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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Featherston v. Featherston 33 N.C. 317 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Satterwhite v. Carson 25 N.C. 549 1843 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Woods v. Howell 17 Ga. 495 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
McGlawn v. McGlawn 17 Ga. 234 1855 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Etheridge v. Bell 27 N.C. 87 1844 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Hotchkiss v. Thomas 51 N.C. 537 1859 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Butler v. Livingston 15 Ga. 565 1854 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Foster v. Woodfin 33 N.C. 339 1850 0 Action of trover North Carolina
McEachin v. McRae 50 N.C. 19 1857 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Buffaloe v. Baugh 34 N.C. 201 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Pitt v. Petway 34 N.C. 69 1851 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Mayor of Columbus v. Goetchius 7 Ga. 139 1849 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Jessup v. Johnston 48 N.C. 335 1856 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Ward v. Smith 30 N.C. 296 1848 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Choat v. Wright 13 N.C. 289 1830 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Guy v. Hall 7 N.C. 150 1819 0 Action of trover North Carolina
Lavery v. Woodland 2 Del. Cas. 299 1817 0 Action of trover Delaware
Brown v. Strickland 28 Ga. 387 1859 0 Action of trover Georgia
Barton v. Morphes 13 N.C. 520 1830 0 Action of trover North Carolina