Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Bethea v. McLennon 23 N.C. 523 1841 0 North Carolina
Jones v. Jones 11 Va. 3 1806 0 SC of Chancery VA
Green v. Harris 25 N.C. 210 1842 0 North Carolina
Brandon v. Cabiness 10 Ala. 155 1846 0 Alabama
Coon v. Rice 29 N.C. 217 1847 0 North Carolina
Branch of the Bank of Alabama v. Marshall 4 Ala. 60 1842 0 Alabama
Clopton v. Jones' Executor 38 Ala. 121 1861 0 Alabama
State v. Sue 1 N.C. 54 1800 0 North Carolina
Tabb v. Williams 57 N.C. 352 1859 0 North Carolina
Newcombe v. Skipwith 1 Mart. (o.s.) 151 1810 0 Louisiana
Lenox v. Notrebe 15 F. Cas. 319 1834 0 Arkansas
Leake v. Sutherland 25 Ark. 219 1868 0 Arkansas
State v. Clarissa 27 N.C. 221 1844 0 North Carolina
Woodson v. Smith 38 Tenn. 276 1858 0 Tennessee
Harris v. Alderson 36 Tenn. 252 1856 0 Tennessee
White v. Harmond 35 Tenn. 322 1855 0 Tennessee
Caleb v. State 39 Miss. 721 1861 0 Mississippi
Hemsley v. Smith 1 Md. 42 1722 0 Maryland
United States v. Cross 4 D.C. 603 1835 0 United States
Carmichael v. Trustees of School Lands 4 Miss. 84 1838 0 Mississippi