Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
McKinder v. Littlejohn 23 N.C. 66 1840 0 North Carolina
Flower v. Taliaferro 3 La. 88 1831 0 Louisiana
Boltze v. State 24 Ala. 89 1854 0 Alabama
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 North Carolina
Malinda v. Gardner 24 Ala. 719 1854 0 Alabama
Cameron v. Commissioners of Raleigh 36 N.C. 436 1841 0 North Carolina
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Jones v. Jones 11 Va. 3 1806 0 SC of Chancery VA
Adam v. Leverton 2 Md. 382 1789 0 Maryland
Newsom Administrator v. Thompson 24 N.C. 277 1842 0 North Carolina
Patterson v. Powell 15 Ala. 205 1849 0 Alabama
Fowlkes v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad 38 Ala. 310 1862 0 Alabama
Blackledge v. Clark 24 N.C. 394 1842 0 North Carolina
Green v. Harris 25 N.C. 210 1842 0 North Carolina
Rutherford v. Newson 30 Ga. 728 1860 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Raines v. Childress 21 Tenn. 449 1841 0 Tennessee
Hill v. Duke 6 Ala. 259 1844 0 Alabama
Brandon v. Cabiness 10 Ala. 155 1846 0 Alabama
Pierce v. John 6 Md. 28 1854 0 Maryland
Green v. Harrison 59 N.C. 253 1862 0 North Carolina