Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Somerville v. Johnson 1 Md. 348 1770 0 Maryland
Nicholson v. Sligh 1 Md. 434 1772 0 Maryland
Hoggatt v. White 32 Tenn. 265 1852 0 Tennessee
Hawkins v. May 12 Ala. 673 1847 0 Alabama
Butler v. Craig 2 Md. 214 1787 0 Maryland
Sprigg v. Weems 2 Md. 266 1789 0 Maryland
Johnson v. Courts 3 Md. 510 1796 0 Maryland
Raymer & Beatty v. Sim 3 Md. 451 1796 0 Maryland
Fales v. Mayberry 2 Gall. 560 1815 0 Civil United States
Johnson v. Perry 21 Tenn. 569 1841 0 Tennessee
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Belt's Lessee v. Belt 4 H. & McH. 80 1797 0 Maryland
Goodgame v. Clifton 13 Ala. 583 1848 0 Alabama
Lamb v. Smith 1 Root 419 1792 0 Civil Connecticut
State v. Judge of the Fifth District Court ex rel. Perkins 12 La. Ann. 455 1857 0 Louisiana
Starr v. Starr 2 Root 303 1795 0 Civil Connecticut
Visitors of the Free-school in Saint Mary's County v. Bruce 1 Md. 509 1773 0 Maryland
Ward v. Reeder 2 Md. 145 1785 0 Maryland
Walton v. Northington 37 Tenn. 282 1857 0 Tennessee
Andrus v. Chretien 3 La. 48 1831 0 Louisiana