Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Alexander v. Ghiselin 5 Gill 138 1847 0 Maryland
Dillard v. Scruggs 36 Ala. 670 1860 0 Alabama
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Alabama
Main v. Alexander 9 Ark. 112 1848 0 Arkansas
Franklin v. Waters 8 Gill 322 1849 0 Maryland
Porter v. Porter 22 Tenn. 586 1842 0 Tennessee
Clements v. Smith 9 Gill 156 1850 0 Maryland
Gunter v. Leckey 30 Ala. 591 1857 0 Alabama
Waters v. Howard 8 Gill 262 1849 0 Maryland
Stephenson v. Harrison 40 Tenn. 728 1859 0 Tennessee
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Brooke v. Waring 7 Gill 5 1848 0 Maryland
State ex rel. Savary v. Caroline 20 Ala. 19 1852 0 Alabama
Chambers v. State 26 Ala. 59 1855 0 Alabama
Clark v. Clark 39 Tenn. 336 1859 0 Tennessee
Williams v. Bramble 2 Md. 313 1852 0 Maryland
Thomason v. Dill 30 Ala. 444 1857 0 Alabama
Reynolds v. Lewis 14 Md. 116 1859 0 Maryland
Townshend v. Townshend 9 Gill 506 1851 0 Maryland
Ann v. State 30 Tenn. 159 1850 0 Tennessee