Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Geer v. Huntington 2 Root 364 1796 0 Declaration of freedom Connecticut
Bowie v. Hunter 4 D.C. 699 1836 0 Declarations outside contract United States
Byrd's adm. v. Belding's heirs 18 Ark. 118 1856 0 Declaration to change heirs Arkansas
Gelstrop v. Moore 26 Miss. 206 1853 0 Decree for the sale of enslaved persons Mississippi
Plummer v. Plummer 37 Miss. 185 1859 0 Decree obtained by fraud in division of property Mississippi
Fitts v. Fitts 14 Tex. 443 1855 0 Decree of divorce property dispute Texas
Saffold v. Saffold 14 Ark. 408 1854 0 Decree pro confesso Arkansas
Cannon v. Hemphill 7 Tex. 184 1851 0 Decree setting aside property Texas
Williams v. Allen 17 Ga. 81 1855 0 Deed Supreme Court of Georgia
Vasser v. Vasser 23 Miss. 378 1852 0 Deed Mississippi
Du Bose v. Carlisle 51 Ala. 590 1874 0 Deed conveying Enslaved Personsdispute Alabama
Lenoir v. Rainey 15 Ala. 667 1849 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Noble v. Coleman 16 Ala. 77 1849 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Ferguson v. Applenhite 18 Miss. 301 1848 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Mandel v. Peay 20 Ark. 325 1859 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Lindsey v. Marshall 20 Miss. 587 1849 0 Deed dispute Mississippi
Billingslea v. Ware 32 Ala. 415 1858 0 Deed dispute Alabama
Blakemore v. Byrnside 7 Ark. 505 1847 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Blagg v. Hunter 15 Ark. 246 1854 0 Deed dispute Arkansas
Kirby v. Calhoun 16 Miss. 462 1847 0 Deed dispute Mississippi