Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Cothran v. State 2 Mor. St. Cas. 1382 1872 0 Mississippi
Blunt v. Gee 9 Va. 481 1805 0 SC of Appeals VA
Ben v. State 22 Ala. 9 1853 0 Alabama
Lockhart v. Bell 41 N.C. 398 1849 0 North Carolina
Heirs of Provost v. Provost 13 La. Ann. 574 1858 0 Louisiana
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lyons v. Brown 21 Va. 105 1820 0 SC of Appeals VA
Lemon v. Reynolds 19 Va. 552 1817 0 SC of Appeals VA
Smith v. Wiseman 41 N.C. 540 1850 0 North Carolina
Carter v. Harris 25 Va. 199 1826 0 SC of Appeals VA
McAlpine v. Jones 13 La. Ann. 409 1858 0 Louisiana
Town of East-Hartford v. Pitkin 8 Conn. 393 1831 0 Connecticut
Rose's Adm'x v. Burgess 37 Va. 186 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Byrd v. Byrd 4 F. Cas. 943 1824 0 Cir Ct, D of VA
Bell v. Calhoun 49 Va. 22 1851 0 SC of Appeals VA
Randall v. Shrader 20 Ala. 338 1852 0 Alabama
Horn v. Gartman 1 Fla. 63 1846 0 Supreme Court of FL
Tauzin v. Deblieux 18 La. Ann. 585 1866 0 Louisiana
Williams v. Howard 17 Va. 277 1812 0 SC of Appeals VA
State v. Fisher 1 H. & J. 750 1805 0 Maryland