Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Robertson v. Dunn 6 N.C. 133 1812 0 North Carolina
Robinett v. Wilson 8 Gill 179 1849 0 Maryland
Bohn v. Headley 7 H. & J. 257 1826 0 Maryland
Nichols v. Cartwright 6 N.C. 137 1812 0 North Carolina
Williams's administrators v. Bradley 3 N.C. 363 1805 0 North Carolina
Croft v. State 25 Tenn. 317 1845 0 Tennessee
Kelly’s Heirs v. McGuire 15 Ark. 555 1855 0 Arkansas
Ferris v. Henderson 12 Pa. 49 1849 0 Civil SC of PA.
Hostler's administrators v. Scull 3 N.C. 179 1802 0 North Carolina
Succession of Montamat v. Kennedy 15 La. Ann. 332 1860 0 Louisiana
Shilling v. Shilling 6 Gill 171 1847 0 Maryland
Tucker v. State ex rel. Kneighton 11 Md. 322 1857 0 Maryland
Lewis v. McAfee 32 Ga. 465 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Bradford's Heirs v. Clark 7 La. 147 1834 0 Louisiana
Coward v. Thompson 44 Tenn. 442 1867 0 Tennessee
State v. Jarrott 23 N.C. 76 1840 0 North Carolina
State ex rel. Thomas v. Mosely 47 Tenn. 576 1870 0 Tennessee
C. Dorsey's Ex'rs. v. E. Dorsey's Admr. 4 H. & McH. 231 1798 0 Maryland
Basford v. Mills 6 Md. 385 1854 0 Maryland
Mann v. Macon & Western Railroad 32 Ga. 345 1861 0 Supreme Court of Georgia