Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▼ Law Type Jurisdiction
Merritt v. Scott 6 Ga. 563 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. Schly 6 Ga. 515 1849 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Heard v. Heard 18 Ga. 739 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Trapnall v. Jordan 7 Ark. 430 1847 0 Arkansas
Dawson v. Callaway 18 Ga. 573 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130 1855 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators of Ligon v. Rogers 12 Ga. 281 1852 0 Georgia
Bowman v. Long 23 Ga. 242 1857 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Myers' Executors v. Myers 33 Ala. 85 1858 0 Alabama
Grandison v. State 21 Tenn. 451 1841 0 Tennessee
Hoffman v. Gold 8 G. & J. 79 1836 0 Maryland
Succession of Duplessis 10 Rob. 193 1845 0 Louisiana
Adcock v. Patton 61 Tenn. 436 1873 0 Tennessee
Cross v. Bloomer 65 Tenn. 74 1873 0 Tennessee
Dail v. Traverse 8 Gill 41 1849 0 Maryland
Topp v. White 59 Tenn. 165 1873 0 Tennessee
Haynes v. Jones 39 Tenn. 372 1859 0 Tennessee
Baldwin v. Baldwin 21 Tenn. 473 1841 0 Tennessee
Frierson v. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 54 Tenn. 683 1872 0 Tennessee
In re Denison 1 Blume Sup. Ct. Trans. 139 1807 0 Civil Michigan