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Case Name Citation ▲ Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Hall v. Hall 27 Miss. 458 1854 0 Trover to recover value of enslaved man Mississippi
Burch v. Stovall 27 Miss. 725 1854 0 Validity of will Mississippi
Alexander v. Beresford 27 Miss. 747 1854 0 Fraudulent sale of land bought using enslaved persons Mississippi
Cole v. Leake 27 Miss. 767 1854 0 Distribution of profits from sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Joslin v. Caughlin 27 Miss. 852 1854 0 Sale of enslaved person Mississippi
Spruill v. Davenport 27 N.C. 145 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Barham v. Massey 27 N.C. 192 1844 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
State v. Armfield 27 N.C. 207 1844 0 Indictment of forcible trespass North Carolina
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 Indictment for "a slave hiring her own time" North Carolina
State ex rel. Woods v. Fuller 27 N.C. 26 1844 0 Action of debt North Carolina
Walters v. Walters 27 N.C. 435 1845 0 Action of replevin North Carolina
Gathings v. Williams 27 N.C. 487 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Simpson's Executors v. Boswell 27 N.C. 49 1844 0 Wills & Estates North Carolina
Huntly v. Ratliff 27 N.C. 542 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Ratliff v. Huntly 27 N.C. 545 1845 0 Action of trespass North Carolina
Davidson v. Norment 27 N.C. 555 1845 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Rea v. Alexander 27 N.C. 644 1845 0 Fraud North Carolina
Hall v. Paschall 27 N.C. 668 1845 0 Suit in equity North Carolina
Freeman v. Lewis 27 N.C. 91 1844 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Marshall v. Stephens 27 Tenn. 159 1847 0 Tennessee