Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Perry v. Holloway 10 Rob. 107 1845 0 Louisiana
Succession of Wells 4 La. Ann. 522 1849 0 Louisiana
Foster v. Dupre 5 Mart. (o.s.) 6 1817 0 Louisiana
Porche v. Moore 14 La. Ann. 241 1859 0 Louisiana
Pumphrey v. Prescott 19 La. 345 1841 0 Louisiana
Baron v. Phelan 4 Mart. (o.s.) 88 1816 0 Louisiana
Norwood's Ex.'s v. Duncan 10 Mart. (o.s.) 708 1822 0 Louisiana
Knight v. Knight 12 La. Ann. 396 1857 0 Louisiana
Mercer v. Hall 2 Tex. 284 1847 0 Texas
Howell v. Hair 15 Ala. 194 1849 0 Alabama
Negro William Richardson's Case 5 D.C. 338 1837 0 United States
Phebe v. Quillin 21 Ark. 490 1860 0 Arkansas
State v. Washington 6 N.C. 100 1812 0 North Carolina
Moody v. Walker 3 Ark. 147 1840 0 Arkansas
State v. Jim 48 N.C. 348 1856 0 North Carolina
Petrie’s Executors v. Wright 14 Miss. 647 1846 0 Mississippi
George v. State 39 Miss. 570 1860 0 Mississippi
Solomon v. Breazeal 27 Ga. 200 1859 0 Suprem Court of Georgia
Crawford v. Cato 22 Ga. 594 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
King v. State 40 Ga. 244 1869 0 Supreme Court of Georgia